DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,540

CAJAH CORPORATION
HUDSON, 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), 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 March 18, 2004, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Cajah Corporation,
Hudson, North Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produce
hosiery and other ladies' apparel.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2002 to 2003 and again
during the period from January through February 2004 compared to
the same period in 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of hosiery and ladies' apparel
in the above periods. The survey revealed increased imports during
the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with hosiery and ladies' apparel
produced at the subject firm 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 Cajah Corporation, Hudson, North Carolina who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 17, 2003, 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 12th day of May, 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance