Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 10/06/2002
Filed Date: 10/10/2003
Most Recent Update: 11/10/2003
Determination Date: 11/10/2003
Expiration Date: 11/10/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,208
RANDOLPH KNITTING, INC.
RAMSEUR, 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 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 investigation was initiated on October 10, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Randolph Knitting, Inc., Ramseur, North Carolina. The
workers at the subject firm produced socks.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased absolutely from 2001 to 2002 and during the
period of January through September of 2003 when compared with the
same period in 2002. The subject firm closed its production of
socks on August 27, 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of socks. This
survey revealed increases in imports of socks during the period
under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with socks produced at Randolph
Knitting, Inc., Ramseur, North Carolina contributed importantly to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Randolph Knitting, Inc., Ramseur, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 6, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of November, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance