DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,796

PARKDALE MILLS, INC.
PLANT #40
FORMERLY KNOWN AS AVONDALE MILLS, INC., TOWNSEND PLANT
GRANITEVILLE, 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 January 22, 2007,
in response to a petition filed by a State agency
representative on behalf of the workers of Parkdale Mills,
Inc., Plant #40, formerly known as Avondale Mills, Inc.,
Townsend Plant, Graniteville, South Carolina. The workers
are engaged in the production of sales yarn for the textile
industry.
Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant #40, Graniteville, South
Carolina supplies sales yarn and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of woven textile fabric whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
contributed importantly to the separation or threat of
separation of workers at Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant #40,
Graniteville, South Carolina.
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 Parkdale Mills,
Inc., Plant #40, formerly known as Avondale Mills, Inc.,
Townsend Plant, Graniteville, 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 Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant #40,
formerly known as Avondale Mills, Inc., Townsend
Plant, Graniteville, South Carolina who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
January 17, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 21st day of March, 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance