DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,939

STANDARD MERCERIZING AND SPECIALTY YARSN, LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS STANDARD COOSA INDUSTRIES, INC.
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE


Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. 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;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. 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;

B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on July 3, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by UNITE!, Tennessee-Kentucky District, Local
1418, on behalf of workers of Standard Mercerizing and Specialty
Yarn, formerly known as Standard Coosa Industries, Inc.,
Chattanooga, Tennessee. The workers produce mercerized (processed)
cotton yarn.
The investigation revealed that Criteria I.C and II.B. have
not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company did not
shift production abroad or increase import purchases during the
relevant time periods.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of mercerized
cotton yarn during the time periods 2001, 2002, January-May 2002
and January-May 2003. The survey revealed no increased customer
import purchases during the relevant time periods.
Petitioners also alleged that the subject company finished
yarn for a trade-affected company, Hickory Throwing Company,
Hickory, North Carolina. The investigation revealed that Hickory
Throwing Company has not been certified under the Trade Act.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Standard
Mercerizing and Specialty Yarn, formerly known as Standard
Coosa Industries, Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 26th day of August 2003

/s/Richard CHURCH
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance