U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,769

RENFRO CORPORATION
HOT SOX WAREHOUSE
SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY

Notice of Revised Determination
On Reconsideration

By letter dated September 6, 2007, a company official
requested administrative reconsideration by the U.S. Department
of Labor (the Department) of the Negative Determination Regarding
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, applicable to workers
and former workers of Renfro Corporation, Hot Sox Warehouse,
Secaucus, New Jersey (the subject firm). The Department’s
determination was issued on August 8, 2007. The Department’s
Notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
August 27, 2007 (72 FR 49024).
The negative determination was based on the Department’s
findings that the subject workers, who are engaged in the
packaging and distribution of socks produced abroad, are not
engaged in employment related to the production of an article
within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974
(the Act) and do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically. The Department concluded
that the workers cannot be considered import impacted or affected
by a shift in production of an article.


In the request for reconsideration, the company official
provided additional information that showed that the subject
workers are engaged in activity related to the production of
packaged socks.
During the reconsideration investigation, the Department
confirmed that the subject firm ceased operations and obtained
new information that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the packaged socks produced by the
subject workers contributed importantly to workers’ separations.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department herein presents the results of
its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply
for ATAA. The Department has determined in this case that the
group eligibility 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 additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Renfro
Corporation, Hot Sox Warehouse, Secaucus, New Jersey, contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Renfro Corporation, Hot Sox Warehouse,
Secaucus, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 28, 2006, through
two years from the date of this certification, are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, and are eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade
Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 24th day of October 2007

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,769

RENFRO CORPORATION
HOT SOX WAREHOUSE
SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY

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 June 28, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Renfro Corporation, Hot Sox Warehouse, Secaucus, New Jersey. The
workers are engaged in the packaging and distribution of socks
produced abroad.
Workers of Renfro Corporation, Hot Sox Warehouse, Secaucus,
New Jersey are not engaged in employment related to the production
of an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act.
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 and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The subject worker group does not support
a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically and thus the worker group can not 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 Renfro Corporation,
Hot Sox Warehouse, Secaucus, New Jersey 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 8th day of August 2007


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






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