DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,141

ACME-MCCRARY CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ACME-MCCRARY CORP.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS PHANTON USA, INC.
WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 6, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Acme-McCrary Corporation, a subsidiary of Acme-McCrary
Corp., formerly known as Phantom USA, Inc., Wilkesboro, North
Carolina. The workers at the subject facility produce sheer
hosiery. The company reported that over the past two years, some
of the workers wages were paid to the Federal Employment
Identification Number (FEIN) for Phantom USA, Inc.
The preponderance of the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of sheer
hosiery to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
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 conclude that there was a shift in production of
sheer hosiery from the workers' firm to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Acme-McCrary Corporation, a subsidiary of
Acme-McCrary Corp., formerly known as Phantom USA, Inc.,
Wilkesboro, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 23, 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 23rd day of December, 2004.

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