DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,107

GUILFORD MILLS, INC.
FRIENDSHIP PLANT
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-59,107A

GUILFORD MILLS, INC.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
GREENSBORO, 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 on March 29, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Guilford Mills, Inc., Friendship Plant, Greensboro, North Carolina
(TA-W-59,107) and Guilford Mills, Inc., Administrative Office,
Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-59,107A). Workers of Guilford
Mills, Inc., Friendship Plant, Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
59,107), manufacture laminated automotive headliner body cloth.
Workers of Guilford Mills, Inc., Administrative Office,
Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-59,107A), provide administrative
support to the firm's production facilities.
The investigation revealed that Guilford Mills, Inc.,
Friendship Plant, Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-59,107)
supplies component parts for automotive headliners, and at least
20 percent of its production or sales are supplied to a
manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
In regards to Guilford Mills, Inc., Administrative Office,
Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-59,107A), workers are in support
of production in an administrative capacity for various Guilford
Mills facilities including Guilford Mills, Inc., Friendship Plant,
Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-59,107).
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 these cases 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 Guilford Mills, Inc.,
Friendship Plant, Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-59,107) and
Guilford Mills, Inc., Administrative Office, Greensboro, North
Carolina (TA-W-59,107A) 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 Guilford Mills, Inc., Friendship Plant,
Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-59,107) and Guilford Mills,
Inc., Administrative Office, Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-
W-59,107A), who became totally separated from employment on
March 28, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 5th day of May 2006

/s/Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance