DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,113

SARA LEE BRANDED APPAREL
EDEN, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-59,113A

SARA LEE BRANDED APPAREL
GALAX, VIRGINIA

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 March 29, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sara Lee Branded Apparel, Eden, North Carolina (TA-W-
59,113) and Sara Lee Branded Apparel, Galax, Virginia (TA-W-
59,113A). The workers produce yarn for knit fabric (TA-W-
59,113) and knit fabric (TA-W-59,113A).
The preponderance in the decline in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of yarn
for knit fabric (TA-W-59,113) and knit fabric (TA-W-59,113A) to
a countries (Dominican Republic and El Salvador) that are
beneficiary countries to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act.
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 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 do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.



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 the Dominican Republic
and El Salvador of articles that are like or directly
competitive with yarn for knit fabric (TA-W-59,113) and knit
fabric (TA-W-59,113A) produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Sara Lee Branded Apparel, Eden, North
Carolina (TA-W-59,113) and Sara Lee Branded Apparel, Galax,
Virginia (TA-W-59,113A) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of April, 2006



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance