DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,194

DYER FABRICS, INC.
DYERSBURG, 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 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 July 2, 2004 in response to a petition filed on behalf
of workers of Dyer Fabrics, Inc., Dyersburg, Tennessee. The
workers produce knit fabrics.
Workers at a predecessor firm, Dyersburg Fabrics, were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance on December
20, 2001 (TA-W-39,835). That certification expired December 20,
2003.
This investigation revealed that Dyer Fabrics, Inc.,
Dyersburg, Tennessee supplies component parts for apparel, and a
loss of business with apparel manufacturers whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation, or threat of separation, of workers
at Dyer Fabrics.
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 Dyer Fabrics, Dyersburg,
Tennessee 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 Dyer Fabrics, Dyersburg, Tennessee who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 21, 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 29th day of July 2004.

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance