DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,759

UNIFI, INC.
CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
MAYODAN, 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 on August 17, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Unifi, Inc., Central Distribution Center, Mayodan,
North Carolina. The workers provide material handling and
logistical services related to the firm's production of yarn.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm's Central Distribution Center in Mayodan, North Carolina,
support the production of textured polyester and nylon yarn
produced by Unifi, Inc., in Reidville, North Carolina.
The investigation determined that declines in employment at
Unifi, Inc., Central Distribution Center, Mayodan, North
Carolina, are related to the closing of the Unifi, Inc., Plant
#2 in Reidville, North Carolina, whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance as secondarily
affected workers.
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 Unifi, Inc., Central
Distribution Center, Mayodan, 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 Unifi, Inc. Central Distribution Center,
Mayodan, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 16, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of September 2005.

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