DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,101

CONCORD FABRICS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF RANDSTAD STAFFING
MILLEDGEVILLE, 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 (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 30, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Concord
Fabrics, Inc., Milledgeville, Georgia. The workers at the subject
facility produce textiles for children's sleepwear.
The subject firm leased some of its on-site workers from

Randstad Staffing, Milledgeville, Georgia during the relevant

period.

The investigation revealed that Concord Fabrics, Inc.,
Milledgeville, Georgia supplies component parts for children's
sleepwear 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.
Workers of Concord Fabrics, Inc., Milledgeville, Georgia, were
previously certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under TA-W-39,677, which expired on June 17, 2004.
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 Concord Fabrics, Inc.,
Milledgeville, Georgia 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 Concord Fabrics, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Randstad Staffing, Milledgeville, Georgia
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after June 18, 2004, 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 5th day of January 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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