DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,616

B & C HOSIERY, INC.
HOSIERY GREIGE MILL DIVISION
HENAGAR, ALABAMA

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 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 in response to a
petition received on March 30, 2004 and filed by a company
official on behalf of workers at B & C Hosiery, Inc.,
Hosiery Greige Mill Division, Henagar, Alabama. The
workers produce greige socks for men, women and children.
The investigation revealed that B & C Hosiery, Inc.,
Hosiery Greige Mill Division, Henagar, Alabama supplies at
least 20 percent of its production or sales is supplied to
a manufacturer of socks whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 addition, 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 workers of B & C Hosiery,
Inc., Hosiery Greige Mill Division, Henagar, Alabama
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 B & C Hosiery, Inc., Hosiery Greige
Mill Division, Henagar, Alabama who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March
19, 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
and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade
Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of April 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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