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TAW-59612  /  Tietex Interiors (Rocky Mount, NC)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/21/2005
Filed Date: 06/22/2006
Most Recent Update: 07/07/2006
Determination Date: 07/07/2006
Expiration Date: 07/07/2008


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,612

TIETEX INTERIORS
ROCKY MOUNT DIVISION
ROCKY MOUNT, 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.
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 June 22, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Tietex Interiors, Rocky Mount Division, Rocky Mount, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
dyeing and finishing of fabric for the production of residential
woven jacquard upholstery fabric produced at an affiliated
company location (Tietex Interiors, Gibsonville, North Carolina).
The investigation further revealed that employment and
production at Tietex Interiors, Rocky Mount Division, Rocky
Mount, North Carolina declined during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that the Tietex Interiors,
Gibsonville, North Carolina was certified for Trade Adjustment
Assistance based on increased customer imports of woven jacquard
upholstery fabric contributing importantly to the layoffs of that
plant. The workers of the Gibsonville Plant are under existing
certification (issued May 26, 2006) and the subject workers were
vertically integrated into that production process. Therefore,
the workers were impacted by customer imports contributing
importantly to the worker separations.
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 Division 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with upholstery fabric produced at
Tietex Interiors 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 Tietex Interiors, Rocky Mount Division,
Rocky Mount, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 21, 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 7th day of July, 2006.

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