DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,894
RUSSELL TEXTILE
#7 BLEACHERY
PLANT 4 & 83
ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA

TA-W-58,894A
RUSSELL CORPORATION
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

TA-W-58,894B
CROSS CREEK APPAREL
MT. AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-58,894C
MOVING COMFORT
CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA

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.
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 February 23, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Russell Textile, #7 Bleachery, Plant 4 & 83, Alexander
City, Alabama (TA-W-58,894), Russell Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
(TA-W-58,894A), Cross Creek Apparel, Mt. Airy, North Carolina (TA-
W-58,894B) and Moving Comfort, Chantilly, Virginia (TA-W-58,894C).
Russell Textile, #7 Bleachery, Plant 4 & 83, Alexander City, Alabama (TA-
W-58,894), Russell Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-58,894A), Cross
Creek Apparel, Mt. Airy, North Carolina (TA-W-58,894B):
The workers at Russell Textile, #7 Bleachery, Plant 4 & 83,
Alexander City, Alabama (TA-W-58,894), Russell Corporation,
Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-58,894A), Cross Creek Apparel, Mt. Airy,
North Carolina (TA-W-58,894B) are engaged in the production on knit
fabric for sports shirts, fleece and jersey apparel and office
support activities such as marketing and finance.
Employment at the subject plants has declined, and the subject
firms has shifted the production of knit fabric for sports shirts,
fleece and jersey apparel to the Honduras, a beneficiary country
under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act with the United
States.
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 for workers at Russell
Textile, #7 Bleachery, Plant 4 & 83, Alexander City, Alabama (TA-W-
58,894), Cross Creek Apparel, Mt. Airy, North Carolina (TA-W-
58,894B).
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.
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 assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed workers at Russell Corporation,
Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-58,894A) possess skills that are easily
transferable.
Moving Comfort, Chantilly, Virginia (TA-W-58,894C):
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 domestically and there must be a
relationship between the workers' work and the article produced by
the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The investigation
revealed that although production of an article(s) occurred within
the firm or appropriate subdivision, the sales representatives do
not support this production. 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Honduras of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced at Russell
Textile, #7 Bleachery, Plant 4 & 83, Alexander City, Alabama (TA-W-
58,894), Russell Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-58,894A),
Cross Creek Apparel, Mt. Airy, North Carolina (TA-W-58,894B). In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of at Russell Textile, #7 Bleachery, Plant 4 &
83, Alexander City, Alabama (TA-W-58,894) and Cross Creek
Apparel, Mt. Airy, North Carolina (TA-W-58,894B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 22, 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."
"All workers of at Russell Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia (TA-
W-58,894A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 22, 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."
I further determine that all workers of Russell Corporation,
Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-58,894A) are denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Moving Comfort,
Chantilly, Virginia (TA-W-58,894C) 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 19th day of April, 2006.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance