DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,650

MOUNT VERNON MILLS, INC.
MCCORMICK DIVISION
MCCORMICK, SOUTH 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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 8, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of Mount Vernon Mills, Inc., McCormick Division, McCormick,
South Carolina. The workers produce table linens and surgical
cotton blends. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
Workers of the subject facility were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance on July 12, 2005 (TA-W-
57,477). That certification expires July 12, 2007.
This investigation revealed that a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm are threatened to
become separated from employment. The employment threat is
directly attributable to a portion of production at the facility
being shifted to the Philippines, Pakistan, and China. A
significant portion of the production abroad is for import and
sale in 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 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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Philippines, Pakistan,
and China of articles that are like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has
been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Mount Vernon Mills, Inc., McCormick
Division, McCormick, South Carolina, who become totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 13,
2007 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 25th of June 2007


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