DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,565

AMERICAN TEXTILE MARKETING, INC.
MERITAS YARNS DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASE ON-SITE WORKERS OF STAFFING SOLUTIONS
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

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 July 15, 2005 and filed by a company
official on behalf of workers at American Textile
Marketing, Inc., Meritas Yarns Division, Columbus, Georgia.
The workers produce yarn for knitted apparel.
The subject firm also leased on-site workers from
Staffing Solutions, Columbus, Georgia.
The investigation revealed that American Textile
Marketing, Inc., Meritas Yarns Division, Columbus, Georgia,
supplies component parts for knitted apparel, and a loss of
business with a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of
workers of American Textile Marketing, Inc., Meritas Yarns
Division, Columbus, Georgia.
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 determine that workers of American Textile
Marketing, Inc., Meritas Yarns Division, Columbus, Georgia,
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 American Textile Marketing, Inc.,
Meritas Yarns Division, Columbus, Georgia, including
on-site leased workers from Staffing Solutions, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 1, 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 12th day of August, 2005.

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