DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,632

WELLSTONE INVESTORS, LLC
LAKESIDE II PLANT
EUFAULA, 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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an 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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 4, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers Wellstone Investors, LLC, Lakeside II Plant, Eufaula,
Alabama. The workers produce combed ring spun yarn.
Workers at various affiliated locations of Wellstone
Investors, LLC are currently under certification to apply for
adjustment assistance. Those locations include the Lakeside
Plant I in Eufaula, Alabama, as well as entities in Greenville
and Gaffney, South Carolina (TA-W-61,926,A,B). The present group
of workers at the Lakeside II Plant in Eufaula is separately
identifiable from others in Eufaula and elsewhere.
This investigation revealed that employment in the Lakeside
II Plant declined in January through November 2007 compared with
the same period of the previous year.
The subject firm is shifting production of combed ring spun
yarn at the subject plant to facilities abroad, including to a
country (Honduras) that is a trade beneficiary country under the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
In accordance with Section 246 of 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 the subject firm is shifting
production from the workers firm or subdivision to Honduras of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Wellstone Investors, LLC, Lakeside II
Plant, Eufaula, Alabama who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 21, 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 17th day of January 2008


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