DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,977

CAROLINA MILLS, INC.
PLANT NUMBER 8
MAIDEN, 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 its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 16, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant Number 8, Maiden, North
Carolina. The workers at the subject facility produce synthetic
yarn.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on October 20, 2003 (TA-W-576,977). That
certification expired October 20, 2005.
This investigation revealed that sales and production at the
subject facility in Maiden declined during the period of January
through August of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004. It
is anticipated that the subject facility will shut down in November
of 2005.
The investigation also revealed that the subject facility
supplies component parts for dyed yarns textiles and a loss of
business with a manufacturer of textiles and dyed yarns whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
contributed importantly to the separation or threat of separation
of workers at the subject facility.
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 Carolina Mills, Inc.,
Plant Number 8, Maiden, 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 Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant Number 8, Maiden,
North Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 21, 2005 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 assis-
tance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 24th day of October 2005

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