DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,679

GREENWOOD MILLS INCORPORATED
MATHEWS PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE TEMPORARY WORKERS FROM IH SERVICES
GREENWOOD, 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 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 29, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Greenwood Mills Incorporated, Mathews Plant, including
temporary workers from IH Services, Greenwood, South Carolina.
Workers at the subject facility produce single and plied yarn as a
component to the production of finished fabrics by its customers.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Greenwood Mills
Incorporated, Mathews Plant, Greenwood, South Carolina supply the
single and plied yarn to fabric producers and a loss of business
with a manufacturer of finished fabric whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly
to the separation or threat of separation of workers at Greenwood
Mills Incorporated, Mathews Plant, Greenwood, South Carolina.
In addition, 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 Greenwood Mills
Incorporated, Mathews Plant, Greenwood, South 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 Greenwood Mills Incorporated, Mathews Plant,
Greenwood, South Carolina, including on-site temporary workers
of IH Services, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 19, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of January 2007

/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance