DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,133

CHARLOTTE TRIMMING COMPANY
CHARLOTTE, NORTH 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 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 in response to a petition
received on October 3, 2003 in response to a petition filed by a
company official on behalf of workers of Charlotte Trimming
Company, Charlotte, North Carolina. The workers produce knit
collars, welts and bands.
The investigation revealed that Charlotte Trimming Company,
Charlotte, North Carolina supplies component pieces for apparel,
and at least 20 percent of its production or sales is supplied to
a manufacturer whose workers have been certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Charlotte Trimming
Company, Charlotte, North Carolina 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 Charlotte Trimming Company, Charlotte, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 1, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 24th day of October, 2003.

/s/ Richard Church

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Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance