DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,648

TRIO MANUFACTURING COMPANY
FORSYTH, GEORGIA

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 in response to a
petition received on January 8, 2008 in response to a petition
filed by a company official on behalf of workers of Trio
Manufacturing Company, Forsyth, Georgia. The workers produce
cotton yarn.
The investigation revealed that Trio Manufacturing Company,
Forsyth, Georgia supplies component parts for blankets and a
loss of business with a manufacturer of such products whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance contributed importantly to the separation or threat
of separation of workers at Trio Manufacturing Company, Forsyth,
Georgia.
In addition, 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 Trio Manufacturing
Company 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 of Trio Manufacturing Company, Forsyth,
Georgia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 8, 2007, 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 12th day of March 2008


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