DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,623

PARKDALE MILLS, INC.
PLANT #38
ROCKFORD, ALABAMA

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 January 2, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant #38, Rockford, Alabama. Workers at the
subject firm manufacture yarn.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined from 2006 to 2007.
The investigation revealed that Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant
#38, Rockford, Alabama supplies component parts (yarn) for
screenprint samples, and at least 20 percent of its production or
sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 Parkdale Mills, Inc.,
Plant #38, Rockford, Alabama, 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 Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant #38, Rockford,
Alabama, who became totally separated from employment on
December 10, 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 11th day of February 2008


/s/Linda G. Poole

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