DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,533

PILOT HOSIERY MILLS, INC.
KNIT DIVISION
PILOT MOUNTIAN, 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 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 December 4, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Pilot
Hosiery Mills, Inc., Knit Division, Pilot Mountain, North
Carolina. Workers at the subject firm produced men's socks.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined in January through
November 2007 compared with the same period in 2006.
Aggregate United States imports of men's socks increased
absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments in January through
September 2007 compared with the same period in 2006; the U.S.
import to U.S. shipment ratio exceeded 100 percent in each
period.
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 facility 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 men's socks produced at Pilot
Hosiery Mills Inc., Knit Division, Pilot Mountain, North
Carolina, contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production
and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Pilot Hosiery Mills, Inc., Knit Division,
Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
29, 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 4thday of January 2008


/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance