DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,076

DURHAM MANUFACTURING
FORT PAYNE, 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 March 7, 2007, and filed on behalf of
workers at Durham Manufacturing, Fort Payne, Alabama. The
workers produce socks.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined at the subject facility during the relevant
period.
The investigation also revealed that aggregate U.S.
imports of socks increased during the relevant period. The
ratio of U.S. imports to U.S. shipments was over 172
percent during January through September 2006, and
increasing over the corresponding 2005 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 socks produced
at Durham Manufacturing, Fort Payne, 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 Durham Manufacturing, Fort Payne,
Alabama, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 5, 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 27th day of March 2007.



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