DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,734

TAYLOR TOGS, INC.
SEWING PLANT
MICAVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-61,734A

TAYLOR TOGS, INC.
FINISHING PLANT
TAYLORSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Determinations 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 its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance. The group eligibility requirements for
directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section 222(a)
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be
satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm, or an appropriate
subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be
satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm, or an appropriate
subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such
workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country
of articles like or directly competitive with
articles which are produced by such firm or
subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party
to a free trade agreement with the United
States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a
beneficiary country under the Andean Trade
Preference Act, African Growth and Opportunity
Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase
in imports of articles that are like or
directly competitive with articles which are or
were produced by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on June 25, 2007, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of the workers of
Taylor Togs, Inc., Sewing Plant, Micaville, North Carolina
(TA-W-61,734), and Taylor Togs, Inc., Finishing Plant,
Taylorsville, North Carolina (TA-W-61,734A). The workers
are engaged in the engaged in the sewing and finishing of
jeans, trousers, jackets, shirts and skirts.
Taylor Togs, Inc., Sewing Plant, Micaville, North Carolina;
TA-W-61,734
It is determined in this case that the requirements of
(a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met for workers of
Taylor Togs, Inc., Sewing Plant, Micaville, North Carolina.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined from January through May 2007 over the
corresponding 2006 period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
declining customers regarding their purchases of men's and
women's jeans, trousers, jackets, shirts and skirts in
2005, 2006 and in January through May 2007 over the
corresponding 2006 period. The surveys revealed that
customers increased import purchases during relevant
period.
Taylor Togs, Inc., Finishing Plant, Taylorsville, North
Carolina; TA-W-61,734A
It is determined in this case that criteria
(a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.) have not been met for
the workers of Taylor Togs, Inc., Finishing Plant,
Taylorsville, North Carolina.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did
not separate or threaten to separate a significant number
or proportion of workers as required by Section 222 of the
Trade Act of 1974. Significant number or proportion of the
workers in a firm or appropriate subdivision thereof, means
that at least three workers with a workforce of fewer than
50 workers or five percent of the workers with a workforce
of 50 or more.
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 alternative trade adjustment
assistance (ATAA), the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA).
The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met for workers of
Taylor Togs, Inc., Sewing Plant, Micaville, North Carolina
(TA-W-61,734).
Since the workers of Taylor Togs, Inc., Finishing
Plant, Taylorsville, North Carolina (TA-W-61,734A), are
denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be
certified eligible for ATAA.
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 increases of imports of
articles like or directly competitive with jeans, trousers,
jackets, shirts and skirts produced by Taylor Togs, Inc.,
Sewing Plant, Micaville, North Carolina (TA-W-61,734)
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation
of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Taylor Togs, Inc., Sewing Plant,
Micaville, North Carolina (TA-W-61,734), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 15, 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."
I determine that workers of Taylor Togs, Inc.,
Finishing Plant, Taylorsville, North Carolina (TA-W-
61,734A), are denied eligibility to apply for trade adjust-
ment 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 9th day of August, 2007

/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance