DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,465

HYPER KNITS SALES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SAFER HOLDING GROUP CORPORATION
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

TA-W-62,465A

HYPER KNITS SALES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SAFER HOLDING GROUP CORPORATION
COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA

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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 November 14, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hyper Knit Sales, Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-
62,465). The workers are engaged in the production of design
patterns for knit fabric, and maintain regional sales out of this
facility.
The company official requested that the petition investigation
be expanded to include workers of Hyper Knit Sales, Inc., Commerce,
California (TA-W-62,465A). This is a warehouse that operates as a
storage and sales facility.
The investigation determined that the workers of the subject
firm support production of the knit fabric manufactured by the
company.
Workers of an affiliate, Meadows Knitting Corporation,
Division of Safer Textiles, Newark, New Jersey, producing knit
fabric, were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
on March 26, 2007 based on increased company imports (TA-W-60,947).
The decline in employment at both locations of Hyper Knit
Sales, Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-62,465) and Commerce,
California (TA-W-62,465A) is related to increased company imports
of knit fabric.
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 group criteria for ATAA program that the Department must
considered under the Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
subject firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion (1) has not been
met for the workers of Hyper Knits Sales, Inc., New York, New York
(TA-W-62,465).
There was not a significant number of workers 50 years of age
or older.
The Department has determined that the requirements of Section
246 have been met for the workers of Hyper Knits Sales, Inc.,
Commerce, California (TA-W-62,465A).
A significant number of workers of the subject firm in
Commerce, California, 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 conclude that increases of company imports of
articles like or directly competitive with knit fabrics produced by
Meadows Knitting Corporation, a division of Safer Textiles,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at the firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Hyper Knits Sales Inc., New York, New York
(TA-W-62,465), who became totally separated from employment on
November 13, 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
I further determine that all workers of Hyper Knits Sales
Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-62,465), are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974; and
"All workers of Hyper Knits Sales Inc., Commerce, California
(TA-W-62,465A), who became totally separated from employment
on November 13, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of December 2007.

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