DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,320

ARTEE-WRAP SPUN YARNS
A DIVISION OF CULP, INC.
LINCOLNTON, 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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 3, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of Artee-Wrap Spun Yarns, a division of Culp, Inc., Lincolnton,
North Carolina. The workers were engaged in the production of
yarns for upholstery fabric.
The investigation revealed that employment and production
at the subject facility declined from January through April 2006
over the corresponding 2005 period.
This investigation has determined that all of the yarn
produced at the subject firm is vertically integrated into the
production of upholstery fabric by Culp Inc., Weaving Plant in
Graham, North Carolina. Those workers were deemed adversely
affected by increased imports of upholstery fabric and were
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance on
April 4, 2006 (TA-W-59,090).
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 determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with upholstery fabric produced by
Culp, Inc., contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production
at the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Artee-Wrap Spun Yarns, a division of Culp,
Inc., Lincolnton, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 2, 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 18th day of May, 2006



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