DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,259

BURRIS MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED
ALBEMARLE, 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 in response to a petition
received on October 18, 2006 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Burris Manufacturing, Incorporated,
Albemarle, North Carolina. The workers produced textile home
fashions (such as shams, sheets, drapes, valances, bed ruffles
and decorative pillows). 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 textile home fashions during 2004, 2005 and January
through September 2006 over the corresponding January through
September 2005 period. The survey revealed an increased customer
reliance on imported textile home fashions 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.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with textile home fashions produced
at Burris Manufacturing, Incorporated, Albemarle, North 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 Burris Manufacturing, Incorporated,
Albemarle, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 18, 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 31st day of October, 2006.


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