DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,430

PAGELAND SCREEN PRINTERS, INC.
PAGELAND, SOUTH 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 in response to a petition
received on November 7, 2007 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers of Pageland Screen Printers, Inc., Pageland,
South Carolina. Workers at the subject firm produce screen
printed fabric.
The investigation revealed that Pageland Screen Printers,
Inc., Pageland, South Carolina acts as a downstream producer
finishing greige fabric for its customers.
Evidence revealed that the firm to whom the petitioning
workers' firm or subdivision acted as a downstream producer,
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility for trade adjustment assistance based on an increase
in imports from, or a shift in production to, Canada or Mexico,
and the downstream production is related to the article that was
the basis for such certification.
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 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 Pageland Screen
Printers, Inc., Pageland, South 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 Pageland Screen Printers, Inc., Pageland,
South Carolina who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 6, 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 14th day of December 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance