DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,027

JENN-TOM HOSIERY
CONNELLY SPRINGS, 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), 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 November 17, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Jenn-Tom Hosiery, Connelly Springs, North Carolina. The
workers at the subject firm were engaged in the knitting of socks.
The investigation revealed that Jenn-Tom Hosiery, Connelly
Springs, North Carolina supplied component parts for the production
of socks and a loss of business with a manufacturer (whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance)
contributed importantly to the workers separation or threat of
separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jenn-Tom Hosiery,
Connelly Springs, North Carolina 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 Jenn-Tom Hosiery, Connelly Springs, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 16, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 8th day of December, 2004.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance