DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,868

PINE HOSIERY MILLS, INC.
STAR, 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 on January 31, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Pine Hosiery Mills, Inc., Star, North Carolina. The
workers of the subject firm produced socks. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales at the subject firm
decreased during the period under investigation.
The investigation also revealed that a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm are threatened to become
separated.
The investigation further revealed that aggregate United
States imports of socks increased absolutely and relatively to U.S.
shipments from January through September 2006 as compared to the
corresponding 2005 period. The ratio of U.S. imports to U.S.
shipments was well over 100 percent during the two periods and
rising.
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 socks produced at Pine Hosiery
Mills, Inc., Star, North Carolina 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 the Pine Hosiery Mills, Inc., Star, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 30, 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 7th day of February 2007.



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