DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,986

FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

DUBUQUE OPERATIONS PLANT

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM

SEDONA STAFFING AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT

DUBUQUE, IOWA

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 June 15, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Flexsteel Industries, Inc., Dubuque Operations Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Sedona Staffing and
Express Employment, Dubuque, Iowa (hereby referred to as
"Flexsteel Industries, Inc.")

The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of furniture for recreational vehicles and springs for
residential furniture.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Flexsteel Industries, Inc. have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.

Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Flexsteel Industries, Inc.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flexsteel Industries,
Inc., Dubuque Operations Plant, including on-site leased workers
from Sedona Staffing and Express Employment, Dubuque, Iowa, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of furniture
for recreational vehicles and springs for residential furniture,
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:

"Flexsteel Industries, Inc., Dubuque Operations Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Sedona Staffing and
Express Employment, Dubuque, Iowa, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 12, 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 23rd day of January, 2021


/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance