DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,423

UNIFI, INC.
NYLON BUSINESS UNIT
PLANT #1 & PLANT #3
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 in response to a petition
received on November 30, 2005, in response to a petition filed by a
company official on behalf of workers of Unifi, Inc., Nylon
Business Unit, Plant #1 & Plant #3, Mayodan, North Carolina. The
workers produce parts for textured nylon (i.e. fine denier and mid
denier textured nylon).
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplied
textured nylon (i.e. fine denier and mid denier textured nylon) for
socks and other hosiery products, and a loss of business with a
manufacturers (whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the workers
separation or threat of separation.
The investigation also revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm declined during the relevant period.
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., Nylon
Business Unit, Plant #1 & Plant #3, 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., Nylon Business Unit, Plant #1 &
Plant #3, Mayodan, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 29,
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 at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of March 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance