DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,202

GLENOIT LLC/EX-CELL HOME FASHIONS, INC.
GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on March 28, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Glenoit LLC/Ex-Cell Home Fashions, Inc., Goldsboro,
North Carolina. Workers at the Goldsboro plant were engaged in
the warehousing and distribution (and related administrative
support) of home textiles imported from China.
Workers of the subject facility were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance on November 29, 2004 (TA-
W-55,829). That certification expired November 29, 2006.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The investigation revealed that production of
articles at the domestic facilities supported by the Goldsboro
workers ceased more than one year ago. Thus the warehousing,
distribution, and administrative support functions performed at
Goldsboro were not in support of domestic production within the
requisite one year period, and the worker group cannot be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, 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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of the Glenoit
LLC/Ex-Cell Home Fashions, Inc., Goldsboro, North Carolina, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th day of April 2007


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance