DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,875

WILLOWBROOK HOSIERY COMPANY INC.
BURLINGTON, 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.
The investigation was initiated on July 25, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Willowbrook Hosiery Company Inc., Burlington, North
Carolina. The workers produce finished socks.
The investigation revealed that the workers of the subject
firm are certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment
assistance under petition number TA-W-57,626, which expires on
August 19, 2007.
Employment at the subject firm declined in January through
June 2007, when compared to the same period of 2006. Additional
worker separations are expected to continue after the expiration
of the certification under TA-W-57,626.
Willowbrook Hosiery Company Inc., Burlington, North
Carolina, acts as a downstream producer finishing socks for a
manufacturer of socks.
Evidence revealed that the primary firm, to whom the
petitioning workers' firm acts as a downstream producer,
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility for trade adjustment assistance based on a shift in
production to Mexico, and the downstream production is related
to the article that was the basis for such certification. The
subject firm's employment declined, in part, because of the
shift in production of socks to Mexico by the primary firm.
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 subject facility 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 Willowbrook Hosiery
Company Inc., Burlington, North Carolina, qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222(b) of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Willowbrook Hosiery Company Inc.,
Burlington, North Carolina, who become totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 20, 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 3rd day of August, 2007.


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