DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,262

SHUFORD MILLS, LLC.
SHURSPUN
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
PEOPLE CONNECTION
HUDSON, 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), 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 November 4, 2005 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Shuford
Mills LLC., ShurSpun, Hudson, North Carolina. The workers at
the subject facility produced yarn.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined from January through September of 2005, as compared to
the same time period the previous year.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
declining customers regarding their purchases of yarn in 2003,
2004, and January through October 2005. These surveys revealed
increased imports of yarn during the period under investigation.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with yarn produced at Shuford Mills
LLC., ShurSpun, Hudson, North Carolina, contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline
in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Shuford Mills LLC., ShurSpun, Hudson, North
Carolina, including on-site leased workers of People
Connection, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 2, 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 7th day of December, 2005.


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