DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,296
CHARLES CRAFT, INC
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-56,296A
CHARLES CRAFT CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CHARLES CRAFT, INC
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF OLSTEN STAFFING
LAURINBURG PLANT
LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-56,296B
CHARLES CRAFT YARNS LLC
A SUBDIDIARY OF CHARLES CRAFT, INC
SILER CITY PLANT
SILER CITY, 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 (19
USC 2273), 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 on January 6, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Charles Craft, Inc., Corporate Headquarters,
Laurinburg, North Carolina; Charles Craft Consumer Products LLC,
a subsidiary of Charles Craft, Inc., Laurinburg Plant,
Laurinburg, North Carolina; and Charles Craft Yarns LLC, Siler
City Plant, Siler City, North Carolina. Workers at the
Laurinburg Plant produced kitchen textiles, craft fabrics, and
dyed yarns. Workers at the Siler City Plant produced cotton
yarns, polyester yarns and blends. Workers at the corporate
headquarters facility provided administrative support including
accounting, personnel, data processing, management, and general
administrative services to the two production facilities. The
Laurinburg facility leased workers from Olsten Staffing. A
substantial portion of the yarns produced at Siler City were
shipped internally to the Laurinsburg plant and integrated into
production there.
The investigation revealed that employment at the two
production facilities decreased in the past year. Separations
were scheduled to occur at the corporate headquarters facility
in the near future.
Sales and production decreased at the Siler City plant in
2004 compared to 2003. Sales at the Laurinsburg facility
declined in 2004 as well.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
major customers regarding their purchasing of kitchen textiles,
fringe, and yarn in 2002, 2003 and 2004. The survey revealed
increases in imports of kitchen textiles and yarns during the
period under investigation.
United States aggregate imports of yarn increased
absolutely in 2004 compared with 2003, and aggregate imports of
kitchen towels and washcloths, already at a high level, also
increased relative to apparent consumption in the same period.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with yarn and kitchen textiles
produced at Charles Craft Consumer Products LLC, a subsidiary of
Charles Craft, Inc., including leased workers of Olsten
Staffing, Laurinburg, North Carolina, and Charles Craft Yarns
LLC, Siler City Plant, Siler City, North Carolina 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 Charles Craft, Inc., Corporate
Headquarters, Laurinburg, North Carolina (TA-W-56,296);
Charles Craft Consumer Products LLC, a subsidiary of
Charles Craft, Inc., Laurinburg Plant, including leased
workers of Olsten Staffing, Laurinburg, North Carolina (TA-
W-56,296A); and Charles Craft Yarns LLC, Siler City Plant,
Siler City, North Carolina (TA-W-56,296B) who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 5, 2004 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 15th day of February 2005

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance