DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,144

ROYAL HOME FASHIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF CROSCILL INCORPORATED
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CROSCILL ACQUISITION, LLC
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on April 5, 2007,
applicable to workers of Royal Home Fashions, a subsidiary of
Croscill Incorporated, Durham, North Carolina. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2007 (72 FR
20370).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in administrative activities related to the
firm’s production of house furnishings.
The company reports that in November 2008 Royal Home
Fashions, a subsidiary of Croscill Incorporated, was sold to
Croscill Acquisition, LLC.
Accordingly, the certification is being amended to include
workers at Royal Home Fashions, a subsidiary of Croscill
Incorporated, Durham, North Carolina, whose wages are reported
under the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account for the
successor firm, Croscill Acquisition, LLC.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-61,144 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Royal Home Fashions, a subsidiary of
Croscill Incorporated, currently known as Croscill
Acquisition, LLC, Durham, North Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
14, 2006, through April 5, 2009, 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 24th day of December 2008.


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

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,144

ROYAL HOME FASHIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF CROSCILL INCORPORATED
DURHAM, 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, 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 on March 20, 2007, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Royal Home Fashions, A
subsidiary of Croscill Incorporated, Durham, North Carolina. The
workers are engaged in administrative activities for a trade
certified affiliate that produces house furnishings.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at
the subject facility is related in part to the increase in company
imports of house furnishings produced by an affiliated firm whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
based on increased imports of house furnishings (window treatments,
towels, sheets, etc).
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 do not possess skills that are 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 those produced by the subject
firm 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 Royal Home Fashions, A subsidiary of Croscill
Incorporated, Durham, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 14,
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 5th day of April 2007

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




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