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TAW-95638  /  FXI, Inc. (Portland, OR)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 12/12/2018
Filed Date: 02/04/2020
Most Recent Update: 03/10/2020
Determination Date: 03/10/2020
Expiration Date: 12/12/2020

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,638

FXI, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FXI HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TERRA STAFFING AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
PORTLAND, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 4, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of FXI, Inc., a subsidiary of FXI Holdings, Inc.,
Portland, Oregon ("FXI, Inc."). The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Terra Staffing and Express Employment
Professionals. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of finished mattresses and foam
components for home furnishings.
The investigation revealed that on December 12, 2019, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
mattresses from China. A petition has been filed on behalf of
workers of FXI, Inc. That firm was publicly identified by name
by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination was published
in the Federal Register on December 12, 2019, which is within
one year of the date of the petition filed requesting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification. Worker separations
were reported.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of FXI, Inc., a
subsidiary of FXI Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Terra Staffing and Express Employment
Professionals, Portland, Oregon, engaged in activities related
to the production of finished mattresses and foam components
for home furnishings meet the requirements of Section 222(e) of
the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of FXI, Inc., a subsidiary of FXI Holdings,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Terra
Staffing and Express Employment Professionals, Portland,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from that
employment on or after December 12, 2018, through the date
of the certification and who become totally or partially
separated from that employment from the date of the
certification through December 12, 2020, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of March 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance