DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,896

BLUE BELL MATTRESS CO., LLC
ROSEVILLE, MICHIGAN

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 April 23, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
former workers of Blue Bell Mattress Co., LLC, Roseville,
Michigan (Blue Bell Mattress). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of mattress sets and box
springs. The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and the
International Trade Commission.
The investigation revealed that the International Trade
Commission (ITC) 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 Blue
Bell. That firm was publicly identified by name by the ITC 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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Blue Bell, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of mattress sets
and box springs, 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 Blue Bell Mattress Co., LLC, Roseville,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 12, 2018, 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 15th day of June 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance