Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 11/01/2000
Filed Date: 11/26/2001
Most Recent Update: 01/08/2002
Determination Date: 01/08/2002
Expiration Date: 01/08/2004
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,371
REGAL RUGS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SPRING INDUSTRIES, INC.
NORTH VERNON, INDIANA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 26, 2001 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Regal Rugs, Inc., A Subsidiary of Spring Industries, Inc., North Vernon, Indiana. The workers produce primarily bath and accent rugs.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA - 05531).
This investigation revealed that sales, production and employment at the subject firm decreased in the period of January-October 2001 as compared with the same period in 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of bath and accent rugs increased relevant to production in the period of January-October 2001 as compared with the same period in 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with bath and accent rugs at Regal Rugs, Inc., A Subsidiary of Spring Industries, Inc., North Vernon, Indiana, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Regal Rugs, Inc., A Subsidiary of Spring Industries, Inc., North Vernon, Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after November 1, 2000, through two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance