DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,128

VALUE LINE TEXTILES, INC.
LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE

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 its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 31, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Value Line Textiles, Inc., Lenoir City, Tennessee. The workers
manufacture socks. Workers are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined during the period of
January through March 2006, when compared to the same time period
in 2005.
The subject firm will close permanantly on May 31, 2006.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customer regarding its purchases of socks
in full year 2004, full year 2005, the periods of January through
March 2005, and January through March 2006. The survey revealed
an increase in imports of socks during the period under
investigation.
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 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with socks produced at Value Line
Textiles, Inc., Lenoir City, Tennessee, contributed importantly to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Value Line Textiles, Inc., Lenoir City,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 30, 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 day of April 26th 2006


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