DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,840

MARATHON APPAREL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
TEMP FORCE OF SYLACAUGA
CHILDERSBURG, ALABAMA

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, as amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an 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 January 26, 2007, and filed on behalf
of workers at Marathon Apparel, Childersburg, Alabama. The
worker group also includes leased workers of Temp Force of
Sylacauga working on site at Marathon Apparel,
Childersburg, Alabama. The workers produce decorated T-
shirts and sweatshirts.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject facility during the
relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of decorated T-shirts and sweatshirts during
2005, 2006, and January through February 2007 over the
corresponding 2006 period. The survey revealed that a
major customer increased its reliance on imported decorated
T-shirts and sweatshirts, while decreasing its purchases
from the subject firm during the relevant time 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 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 decorated T-
shirts and sweatshirts produced at Marathon Apparel,
Childersburg, Alabama, contributed importantly to the total
or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:


"All workers of Marathon Apparel, including on-site
leased workers of Temp Force of Sylacauga,
Childersburg, Alabama, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 25,
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 4th day of April 2007.


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