DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,165

CARHARTT, INCORPORATED
AUTOPOCKET (SEWING) FACILITY
MADISONVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 22, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Carhartt, Incorporated, Autopocket (Sewing) Facility, Madisonville,
Kentucky. Workers at the subject firm engaged in the automatic
pocket setting operation for overalls, jeans, and dungarees; they
sew pockets onto product from their affiliate location.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance based on a shift in production of
men's and children's work wear to Mexico, under petition number TA-
W-55,277, which expired on August 2, 2006.
The investigation revealed a significant number or proportion
of workers at the subject firm are threatened to become separated
from employment.
The subject firm is shifting its automatic pocket sewing
operation for overalls, jeans, and dungarees from Madisonville,
Kentucky to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Carhartt, Incorporated, Autopocket (Sewing)
Facility, Madisonville, Kentucky who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 3, 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 16th day of April 2007
/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance