DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,721

FABTEX, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PEOPLEREADY
ORANGE, CALIFORNIA


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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 24, 2020 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Fabtex, Inc., Orange,
California (Fabtex). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of window treatments, shades, and bed
coverings for the hospitality and healthcare industries, and
the supply of related freight and installation services. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from PeopleReady.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Fabtex have become
totally separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted the production of articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the subject workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Fabtex.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fabtex meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Fabtex, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from PeopleReady, Orange, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 21, 2019 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, 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/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance