DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,723

JOHNSTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
LANGDALE MILL
VALLEY, ALABAMA

TA-W-53,723A

JOHNSTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
UTILIZATION PLANT
VALLEY, ALABAMA

TA-W-53,723B

JOHNSTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
LANTUCK PLANT
LANETT, ALABAMA

TA-W-53,723C

JOHNSTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
DEWITT PLANT
DEWITT, IOWA

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 December 5, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Johnston Industries, Inc., Langdale Mill, Valley, Alabama (TA-W-
53,723); Johnston Industries, Inc., Utilization Plant, Valley,
Alabama (TA-W-53,723A); Johnston Industries, Inc., Lantuck Plant,
Lanett, Alabama (TA-W-53,723B); and Johnston Industries, Inc.,
Dewitt Plant, Dewitt, Iowa (TA-W-53,723C). Workers at Johnston
Industries, Inc., Langdale Mill, Valley, Alabama (TA-W-53,723) and
Johnston Industries, Inc., Utilization Plant, Valley, Alabama (TA-W-
53,723A) were engaged in the production of textile waste. Workers at
Johnston Industries, Inc., Lantuck Plant, Lanett, Alabama (TA-W-
53,723B) and Johnston Industries, Inc., Dewitt Plant, Dewitt, Iowa
(TA-W-53,723C) were engaged in the production of insulator for
mattress pads. Workers were separately identifiable by product line
and by facility. All subject facilities closed permanently on
December 15, 2003.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at
Johnston Industries, Inc., Langdale Mill, Valley, Alabama (TA-W-
53,723) and Johnston Industries, Inc., Utilization Plant, Valley,
Alabama (TA-W-53,723A) decreased absolutely during the period of
January to December 2003, when compared to the same period in 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facilities' major
declining customers regarding their purchases of textile waste. The
survey revealed increases in imports of textile waste during the
period under investigation.
For workers at Johnston Industries, Inc., Lantuck Plant,
Lanett, Alabama (TA-W-53,723B) and Johnston Industries, Inc., Dewitt
Plant, Dewitt, Iowa (TA-W-53,723C), the investigation revealed that
sales and employment at the subject facilities decreased absolutely
during the period of January to December 2003, when compared to the
same period in 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of insulator for
mattress pads. The survey revealed increases in imports of insulator
for mattress pads during the period under investigation.
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 for each location of Johnston Industries, Inc.
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 textile waste produced at Johnston
Industries, Inc., Langdale Mill, Valley, Alabama (TA-W-53,723) and
Johnston Industries, Inc., Utilization Plant, Valley, Alabama (TA-W-
53,723A), and increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with insulator for mattress pads produced at Johnston
Industries, Inc., Lantuck Plant, Lanett, Alabama (TA-W-53,723B) and
Johnston Industries, Inc., Dewitt Plant, Dewitt, Iowa (TA-W-53,723C)
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 certifications:
"All workers of Johnston Industries, Inc., Langdale Mill,
Valley, Alabama (TA-W-53,723); Johnston Industries, Inc.,
Utilization Plant, Valley, Alabama (TA-W-53,723A); Johnston
Industries, Inc., Lantuck Plant, Lanett, Alabama (TA-W-
53,723B); and Johnston Industries, Inc., Dewitt Plant, Dewitt,
Iowa (TA-W-53,723C) who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 2, 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 15th day of January, 2004.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance