DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,447

STRETCHLINE USA, INC.
ROCKY MOUNT, 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 4, 2007 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Stretchline USA, Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Workers at the
subject firm manufacture narrow elastic bands.
Employment at the subject firm declined in 2006 when compared
to 2005, and in January through April 2007 when compared to the
same period of 2006.
The investigation revealed that Stretchline USA, Inc., Rocky
Mount, North Carolina supplied component parts for apparel, and at
least 20 percent of its production or sales is supplied to a
manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
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 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 Stretchline USA, Inc.,
Rocky Mount, North Carolina qualify as adversely affected secondary
workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Stretchline USA, Inc., Rocky Mount, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 7, 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 5th day of June 2007



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