DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,405

ALICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
ELLJEAN PLANT
EASLEY, SOUTH 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.
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 in response to a petition
received on May 16, 2006 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Alice Manufacturing Company, Inc., Elljean
Plant, Easley, South Carolina. The workers produced greige
fabric. The workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that plant sales, production and
employment declined during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a sample survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of greige fabric during 2005 over the corresponding
2004 period and during January through April 2006 over the
corresponding 2005 period. The survey revealed customers
increased their reliance on imported greige fabric during the
relevant period.
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 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
age 50 or older and do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.
The workers at the subject facility were under certification
for TAA and ATAA which was under existing certification through
December 22, 2005.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with greige fabric produced at Alice
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Elljean Plant, Easley, South
Carolina 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 Alice Manufacturing Company, Inc., Elljean
Plant, Easley, South Carolina who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 23,
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 22nd day of June, 2006.


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