DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,949

BURKE MILLS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCUFORCE STAFFING
SERVICES
VALDESE, 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.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 7, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Burke Mills Inc., Valdese, North Carolina. The
workers produce packaged dyed yarns.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Accuforce Staffing Services.
Employment at the subject firm declined in January through
June 2007 compared with the same period in 2006.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is a
supplier of component parts to a manufacturer of upholstery
fabric and novelty yarns whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for trade adjustment assistance and the loss of
business with this firm contributed importantly to worker
separations at the subject firm.
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 workers of Burke Mills Inc.,
Valdese, North Carolina, qualify as adversely affected secondary
workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Burke Mills Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Accuforce Staffing Services, Valdese, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 25, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 15th day of August 2007

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