DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,890

PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA


TA-W-57,890A

PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
RICHARDSON, TEXAS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on September 6, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Pillowtex Corporation, Kannapolis, North Carolina
(TA-W-57,890) and Pillowtex Corporation, Richardson, Texas (TA-
W-57,890A). The workers performed administrative activities,
including accounts payable, accounts receivable, human
resources, and maintenance/engineering.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The investigation revealed that the workers
performing administrative services described above do not
support the domestic production of an article. Therefore, the
worker groups can not be considered import impacted or affected
by a shift in production of an article.
Workers of the firm in Kannapolis, North Carolina, were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
petition number TA-W-57,890, which expired September 5, 2005.
Pillowtex ceased all domestic production of home textiles in
July 2003.
In addition, 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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion:
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Pillowtex Corporation, Kannapolis, North Carolina (TA-W-57,890),
and Pillowtex Corporation, Richardson, Texas (TA-W-57,890A), are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of October 2005

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