DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,605

LUDLOW TEXTILES COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MAGELLAN
LUDLOW, MASSACHUSETTS

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 July 22, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Ludlow Textiles Company, Inc., Ludlow, Massachusetts.
The workers at the subject firm produce industrial threads &
twines.
The subject firm leased some workers from Magellan.
The investigation revealed that Ludlow Textiles Company,
Inc., Ludlow, Massachusetts, supplies industrial threads and
twines used as components for electric motors, footwear,
papermaker felts/paper machine clothing, and fiber optic cable.
A loss of business with manufacturers of these products whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance contributed importantly to the separation, or threat
of separation, of workers at Ludlow Textiles Company, Inc.,
Ludlow, Massachusetts.
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 do not possess skills that are 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 Ludlow Textiles
Company, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Magellan,
Ludlow, Massachusetts qualifies 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 Ludlow Textiles Company, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Magellan, Ludlow,
Massachusetts who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 21, 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 1st day of September 2005

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