DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,697

GALEY AND LORD INDUSTRIES, LLC.
FLINT PLANT
GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-62,697A

GALEY AND LORD INDUSTRIES, LLC.
MCDOWELL PLANT
MARION, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-62,697B

GALEY AND LORD INDUSTRIES, LLC.
SOCIETY HILL PLANT
SOCIETY HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Trade 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 January 17, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a one-stop local representative
on behalf of workers of Galey and Lord Industries, LLC, Flint
Plant, Gastonia, North Carolina (TA-W-62,697), Galey and Lord
Industries, LLC, McDowell Plant, Marion, North Carolina (TA-W-
62,697A), and Galey and Lord Industries, LLC, Society Hill
Plant, Society Hill, South Carolina (TA-W-62,697B). Workers
produce yarn, cloth, and finished fabric (bottom weight apparel
cloth). The workers are separately identifiable by location.
The investigation revealed that production of finished
cloth by Galey and Lord is a vertically integrated process. The
firm converts the yarn produced at the Flint plant in Gastonia,
North Carolina, to cloth produced at the McDowell plant, and
finally finishes the fabric at the Society Hill plant, in
Society Hill, South Carolina.
The investigation revealed that employment and production
declined from 2006 to 2007 at Galey and Lord Industries, LLC,
Flint Plant, Gastonia, North Carolina (TA-W-62,697), Galey and
Lord Industries, LLC, McDowell Plant, Marion, North Carolina
(TA-W-62,697A), and Galey and Lord Industries, LLC, Society Hill
Plant, Society Hill, South Carolina (TA-W-62,697B) facilities.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
finished cloth in 2006 and 2007. The surveys revealed increases
in import purchases of finished cloth during the period under
investigation.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with finished cloth produced by
Galey and Lord Industries, LLC, contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Galey and Lord Industries, LLC, Flint
Plant, Gastonia, North Carolina (TA-W-62,697), Galey and
Lord Industries, LLC, McDowell Plant, Marion, North
Carolina (TA-W-62,697A), and Galey and Lord Industries,
LLC, Society Hill Plant, Society Hill, South Carolina (TA-
W-62,697B), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 7, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of March 2008



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