DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,417

EDENTON DYEING AND FINISHING, LLC
EDENTON, 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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 2, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
at Edenton Dyeing and Finishing, LLC, Edenton, North Carolina.
The workers were engaged in dyeing and finishing textile goods.
The investigation revealed that employment and production
at the Edenton plant declined in the relevant period as the
facility shut down.
The investigation also revealed that Edenton Dyeing and
Finishing, LLC, Edenton, North Carolina acts as a downstream
producer. The subject facility dyed and finished textiles
produced at another location.
Evidence revealed that the primary facility for which the
petitioning workers' facility acts as a downstream producer
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility for trade adjustment assistance based in part on
increased customer imports from Canada/Mexico, and the
downstream production is related to the article that was the
basis for such certification.
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 addition, 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 workers of Edenton Dyeing and
Finishing, LLC, Edenton, North Carolina, qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222(b) of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Edenton Dyeing and Finishing, LLC, Edenton,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 10, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of August 2007

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