DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,935

GEORGIA NARROW FABRICS
JESSUP, GEORGIA

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 October 24, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers on behalf of workers of Georgia
Narrow Fabrics, Jessup, Georgia. Workers at the subject firm
manufacture narrow elastic tapes and medical wraps. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined in 2006 when compared to
2005.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
narrow elastic tapes and medical wraps in 2005, 2006, and January
2007. The surveys revealed increases in imports of narrow elastic
tapes and medical wraps during the period under investigation.
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 narrow elastic tapes and medical
wraps produced by Georgia Narrow Fabrics, Jessup, Georgia,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Georgia Narrow Fabrics, Jessup, Georgia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 26, 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 28th day of February 2007


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