DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,061

SUNRISE HOSIERY OF GEORGIA, INC.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA

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, as amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an 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 in response to a
petition received on November 22, 2004, and filed by a
company official on behalf of workers at Sunrise Hosiery of
Georgia, Inc., Lafayette, Georgia. The workers produce
socks.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject facility during the
relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that U.S. aggregate
imports of socks increased significantly during the
relevant period. The investigation furhter revealed that
the ratio of U.S. imported socks compared to U.S.
production, already near 100 percent, increased
significantly during the relevant period.
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 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 increases of imports of
articles like or directly competitive with socks produced
at Sunrise Hosiery of Georgia, Inc., Lafayette, Georgia,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation
of workers and to the decline in sales or production and at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Sunrise Hosiery of Georgia, Inc.,
Lafayette, Georgia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 12,
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 in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of December 2004.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance