DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,928

DIVERSCO INTEGRATED SERVICES, INC.
LEASED WORKERS ON-SITE AT WESTPOINT HOME
FORMERLY KNOWN AS WESTPOINT STEVENS, INC.
BED PRODUCTS DIVISION
CALHOUN PLANT
CALHOUN FALLS, 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 on August 18, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Diversco Integrated Services, leased workers on-site at
WestPoint Home, formerly known as WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Bed
Products Division, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. The workers are
engaged in janitorial services on a contract basis for WestPoint
Home, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. The workers of WestPoint
Home, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, produced greige sheet fabric.
Employment of Diversco Integrated Services personnel at the
Murray, Inc. plant declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment of
Diversco Integrated Services workers is directly related to the
cessation of production at WestPoint Home, formerly known as
WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Bed Products Division, Calhoun Falls,
South Carolina, during the relevant period. The workers of
WestPoint Home, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, were certified as
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance based on
customers increasing their imports of products like and directly
competitive with greige sheet fabric.
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 greige sheet fabric produced at
WestPoint Home, formerly known as WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Bed
Products Division, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers from
Diversco Integrated Services, leased workers on-site at WestPoint
Home, formerly known as WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Bed Products
Division, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Diversco Integrated Services, leased workers
on-site at WestPoint Home, formerly known as WestPoint
Stevens, Inc., Bed Products Division, Calhoun Falls, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 16, 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 September, 2006.

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