DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,193

DAN RIVER, INC.
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met – the sales and/or
production have decreased absolutely at the workers firm or
subdivision and an increase in imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers' firm
or subdivision contributed importantly to workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of the subject firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
initiated on November 26, 2002 and filed on behalf of workers at
Dan River, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina. The workers
produced cloth sheets and home apparel.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production declined at the subject firm from January to October
2002 when compared with the same period in 2001.
The investigation also revealed that imports of sheets by
the subject firm increased during the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with sheets produced at Dan River,
Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Dan River, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 6, 2001 through two years from the
date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 2nd day of January 2003.


/s/Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance