DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,270

C & L MANUFACTURING COMPANY
HAYS, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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 in response to a
petition received on October 16, 2003 in response to a petition
filed by a company official on behalf of workers of C & L
Manufacturing Company, Hays, North Carolina. The workers
produce rib knit glove cuffs.
The investigation revealed that C & L Manufacturing
Company, Hays, North Carolina supplies component parts for
knitted gloves produced by Ansell-Golden Needles, Wilksboro,
North Carolina (TA-W-51,002) and a loss of business with a
manufacturer (whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the workers
separation or threat of separation.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion 1 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the worker group did not
have at least 5 percent of the workers over the age of 50, at
least 50 workers over the age of 50, nor were there less than 50
workers with 3 workers over the age of 50.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of C & L Manufacturing
Company, Hays, 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 C & L Manufacturing Company, Hays, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 16, 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
I further determine that all workers of C & L Manufacturing
Company, Hays, North Carolina are denied eligibility to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of November 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance