DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,452

CADILLAC CURTAIN CORPORATION
COVINGTON, TENNESSEE

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 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 November 5, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cadillac Curtain Corporation, Covington, Tennessee.
The workers produce priscilla curtains, kitchen curtains and
draperies; they are separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject firm from 2001 to 2002 and
also from January through September 2003 when compared to the
same time period in 2002.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
produce priscilla curtains, kitchen curtains increased at the
subject firm from January through October 2003 when compared to
the same time period in 2002.
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.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with priscilla curtains, kitchen
curtains produced at Cadillac Curtain Corporation, Covington,
Tennessee contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production
at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Cadillac Curtain Corporation, Covington,
Tennessee who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 27, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of December, 2003



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance