DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,352

SPECIALTY FILAMENTS, INC.
BURLINGTON DIVISION
BURLINGTON, VERMONT

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 June 9, 2005 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers of Specialty Filaments, Inc.,
Burlington Division, Burlington, Vermont. The workers produce
Polyolefin extruded fiber.
The investigation revealed that Specialty Filaments, Inc.,
Burlington Division, Burlington, Vermont supplies component parts
for cleaning equipment such as brushes and brooms, and at least 20
percent of its production or sales is supplied to manufacturers
whose workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
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 Specialty Filaments,
Inc., Burlington Division, Burlington, Vermont 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 Specialty Filaments, Inc., Burlington
Division, Burlington, Vermont who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 23, 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 14th day of September 2005

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance