DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,330

CAROLINA MILLS. INC.
PLANT #6
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 (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 as a
secondarily affected worker group.
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 (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 May 4, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant #6, Lincolnton, North Carolina. The
workers produced natural and heather synthetic yarns.


The investigation revealed that Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant
#6, Lincolnton, North Carolina supplied natural and heather
synthetic yarns for apparel, hosiery and home furnishings and a
loss of business with manufacturers of apparel, hosiery and home
furnishings whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant
#6, Lincolnton, North Carolina.
The investigation further revealed that employment at
Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant #6, Lincolnton, North Carolina
declined during the period under investigation.
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.
A significant number of workers at the subject facility are
over age 50 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 workers at Carolina Mills, Inc.,
Plant #6, Lincolnton, North Carolina 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 Carolina Mills, Inc., Plant #6, Lincolnton,
North Carolina who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 4, 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 June, 2006.

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