DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,157

HIGH COTTON ENTERPRISES INC.
SEAMING DEPARTMENT
FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA

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, 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.
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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 18, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a State of Alabama official on
behalf of workers of High Cotton Enterprises Inc., Seaming
Department, Fort Payne, Alabama. The workers produce seamed
unfinished socks.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in production of seamed
unfinished socks to Costa Rica, a country that is a beneficiary
of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
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 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 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 conclude that there has been a shift in
production from High Cotton Enterprises Inc., Seaming
Department, Fort Payne, Alabama to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with seamed unfinished socks
produced by that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of High Cotton Enterprises Inc., Seaming
Department, Fort Payne, Alabama, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 7,
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 10th day of November, 2005

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