DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,848

KENTUCKY DERBY HOSIERY
GILDEN PLANT 4
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR
MT. AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-61,848A

KENTUCKY DERBY HOSIERY
FOWLER ROAD PLANT
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR
MT. AIRY, 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, 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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 20, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Gildan Plant 4, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Gildan Activewear, Mt. Airy, North Carolina,
and Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Fowler Road Plant, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Gildan Activewear, Mt. Airy, North Carolina. The
workers are engaged in the packaging, planning, distribution,
and logistical operations for sock manufacturing.
Workers at the subject firm are in support of the firm's
production of socks.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment
at the subject firm is in part related to an increase in company
imports of socks. Workers of Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Gildan
Plant #3, Mt. Airy, North Carolina, were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-
61,450.
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 do not possess skills that are 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 socks produced by Kentucky
Derby Hosiery, 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 Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Gildan Plant 4, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Gildan Activewear, Mt. Airy,
North Carolina (TA-W-61,848), and Kentucky Derby Hosiery,
Fowler Road Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gildan
Activewear, Mt. Airy, North Carolina (TA-W-61,848), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 18, 2006, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 6th day of August, 2007.


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