DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,464

SOUTH-EASTERN FABRICS CORPORATION
CONOVER, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determinations 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 December 6, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by Company Official on behalf of
workers of South-Eastern Fabrics Corporation, Conover, North
Carolina. The workers performed administrative services,
marketing, sales and customer services such as; answer phones, take
customer orders, etc. in relation to supplying wholesale fabric to
furniture manufacturers.
The investigation revealed that South-Eastern Fabrics
Corporation, Conover, North Carolina, does not produce an article
within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. 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 and there must be a relationship between the workers' work
and the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The administrative services workers do not support a
firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically and thus the worker group can not be considered import
impacted or affected by a shift in production of an article.
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 assis-
tance (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 of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of South-Eastern
Fabrics Corporation, Conover, North Carolina 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 13th day of January 2006.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance