DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,057

COM-FO HOSIERY MILLS
HENDERSON, 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), 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 in response to a petition
received on April 27, 2005 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Com-Fo Hosiery Mills, Henderson, North
Carolina. The workers produced ladies', men's, and children's
greige socks.
The investigation revealed that Com-Fo Hosiery Mills,
Henderson, North Carolina supplies component parts for the
production of socks, and at least 20 percent of its production or
sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
The investigation further revealed that employment at Com-Fo
Hosiery Mills, Henderson, North Carolina declined during the
period under investigation.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 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 Com-Fo Hosiery Mills,
Henderson, North Carolina 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 Com-Fo Hosiery Mills, Henderson, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 20, 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 11th day of May, 2005.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance