DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,308

CANDOR HOSIERY MILLS, INC.
TROY, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-55,308A

CANDOR HOSIERY MILLS, INC.
BISCOE, NORTH CAROLINA

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

By letter dated August 25, 2004, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration regarding Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The negative determination was
signed on July 29, 2004 and published in the Federal Register on
August 20, 2004 (69 FR 51716).
The workers of Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Troy, North
Carolina and Biscoe, North Carolina were certified for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) on July 29, 2004.
The initial ATAA investigation determined that the skills of
the subject worker group are easily transferable to other
positions in the local area.
The petitioner alleges in the request for reconsideration
that the skills of the workers at the subject firm are not easily
transferable.
Additional investigation has determined that the workers
possess skills that are not easily transferable. A significant
number or proportion of the worker group are age fifty years or
over. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers
at the subject firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Troy, North
Carolina (TA-W-55,308) and Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc.,
Biscoe, North Carolina (TA-W-55,308A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 22,
2003 through July 29, 2006, 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 10th day of September 2004.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________

ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,308
CANDOR HOSIERY MILLS, INC.
TROY, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-55,308A
CANDOR HOSIERY MILLS, INC.
BISCOE, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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 July 23, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Troy and Biscoe, North Carolina. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
hosiery.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject facilities decreased in 2003 compared
with 2002 and also decreased in January though July of 2004
compared to the same period in 2003.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased its imports of hosiery during the period of
investigation.
In addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the skills of the worker
group are easily transferable to other positions in the local
area.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of hosiery
produced at Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Troy and Biscoe, North
Carolina 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 Candor Hosiery Mills, Inc., Troy, North
Carolina and Biscoe, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 22, 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.”
I further determine that all workers of Candor Hosiery
Mills, Inc., Troy, North Carolina and Biscoe, North Carolina are
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 29th day of July, 2004.

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