DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,867

PITTSFIELD WOOLEN YARNS CO., INC.
PITTSFIELD, MAINE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 17, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Pittsfield Woolen Yarns Co., Inc., Pittsfield, Maine.
The workers produce woolen yarn.
The investigation revealed that Pittsfield Woolen Yarns Co.,
Inc., Pittsfield, Maine, supplied component parts for woolen
textiles produced by a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, In order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pittsfield Woolen Yarns
Co., Inc., Pittsfield, Maine, qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:









"All workers of Pittsfield Woolen Yarns Co., Inc., Pittsfield,
Maine who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 4, 2002, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974 and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of October, 2003.



/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance