UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-98,280

SSB MANUFACTURING COMPANY

CLEAR LAKE PLANT

A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SERTA SIMMONS BEDDING, LLC

CLEAR LAKE, IOWA

Certification Regarding Eligibility

To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For

Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("the Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
("Department") herein presents the results of an investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance ("TAA") for workers.

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, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) petition dated April 28, 2022 and filed
on April 29, 2022 by a State Workforce Office, on behalf of former
workers of SSB Manufacturing Company, Clear Lake Plant, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC, Clear Lake, Iowa
(hereafter referred to as the "group of workers"). In accordance
with 20 CFR 618.110 group of workers is defined as, ""¦including
teleworkers and staffed workers."

The group of workers is engaged in activities related to the
production of mattresses and foundations.

The petition alleges that worker separations, or threats
thereof, were due to decline in sales leading to closure possibly due
to import injury as identified in the attached ITC determination.

During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the petitioner(s), the workers' firm,
and other relevant sources.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of mattresses and foundations at SSB
Manufacturing Company have decreased.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article produced
by SSB Manufacturing Company.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to workers'
separations and sales/production declines at SSB Manufacturing
Company

ALTERNATIVE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (Act), 19 U.S.C. § 2813, the Department herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.

The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied if the
following criteria are met:

(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry are adverse.

The Department has determined that criterion (II) has not
been met because workers in SSB Manufacturing Company, Clear Lake
Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC,
Clear Lake, Iowa do possess skills that are easily transferable.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that the workers of SSB Manufacturing
Company, Clear Lake Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Serta
Simmons Bedding, LLC, Clear Lake, Iowa engaged in activities
related to the production of mattresses and foundations meets the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 are U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:

"All workers of SSB Manufacturing Company, Clear Lake Plant,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC,
Clear Lake, Iowa, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 28, 2021, 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; and I further determine that all
workers of SSB Manufacturing Company, Clear Lake Plant, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC,
Clear Lake, Iowa are denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30TH day of June, 2022


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

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance