DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,159

T&R KNITTING MILLS, INC.
GLENDALE, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Negative
Determination 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 in response to a petition
received on December 7, 2004 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at T&R Knitting Mills, Inc., Glendale, New York.
The workers produce women's sweaters.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined from 2002 to 2003 and again from January
through November 2003 compared to the same period in 2004.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States aggregate imports of
women's sweaters during the period under investigation.
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 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 (1) of Section 246
has not been met.
There is not a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm 50 years of age or older.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with women's sweaters produced at T&R
Knitting Mills, Inc., Glendale, New York 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 T&R Knitting Mills, Inc., Glendale, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 3, 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
I further determine that all workers of T&R Knitting Mills,
Inc., Glendale, New York, 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 16th day of December 2004.

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