DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,720

KENTUCKY DERBY HOSIERY COMPANY, INC.
PLANT 2
INLCUDING LEASED WORKERS OF ABLEST STAFFING
MT. AIRY, 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, 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 January 25, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by workers of Kentucky Derby Hosiery
Company, Inc., Plant 2, Mt. Airy, North Carolina. The workers at
the subject facility knit, seam and finish socks.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility decreased from 2004 to 2005.
Furthermore, the subject facility is shifting production to
contract manufacturers in Ghana, the Dominican Republic and Costa
Rica.
Imports of socks by the subject firm increased from 2004 to
2005.
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 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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Ghana, the Dominican
Republic and Honduras of articles that are like or directly
competitive with those produced by the subject firm or subdivision,
and there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of
like or directly competitive articles. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Kentucky Derby Hosiery Company, Inc., Plant 2,
including leased workers of Ablest Staffing, Mt. Airy, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 23, 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
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of February 2006.

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