DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,635

MASTERCRAFT FABRICS, LLC
LAKEWOOD DYED YARNS DIVISION
CRAMERTON, 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 an 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 for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
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 December 19, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Mastercraft Fabrics LLC, Lakewood Dyed Yarns Division,
Cramerton, North Carolina. Mastercraft Fabrics LLC is a subsidiary
of Joan Fabrics, LLC; workers wages were reported under Joan
Fabrics LLC. The workers at the Cramerton facility produce dyed
yarns.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance on December 15, 2004 (TA-W-55,076).
That certification expired December 15, 2006.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject facility have all declined during the
relevant period. In addition, a significant number or proportion
of workers are threatened to become separated from employment.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm supplied
dyed yarns, and at least 20 percent of its sales or production went
to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance.
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 workers of Mastercraft Fabrics LLC,
Lakewood Dyed Yarns Division, Cramerton, 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 Mastercraft Fabrics LLC, Lakewood Dyed Yarns
Division, Cramerton, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 16,
2006, 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 3rd day of January 2007

/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance