DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,772

RAMTEX YARNS & FABRICS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DEFENDER SERVICES, INC.
RAMSEUR, 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 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 30, 2008 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers of Ramtex Yarns & Fabrics, LLC,
Ramseur, North Carolina. The workers produce yarn and fabric in an
integrated production process.
The investigation revealed that Ramtex Yarns & Fabrics, LLC,
supplied component parts for fabric or apparel, and at least 20
percent of its production or sales is supplied to manufacturers of
fabric or apparel whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
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 Ramtex Yarns & Fabrics, LLC, Ramseur, North
Carolina, 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 Ramtex Yarns & Fabrics, LLC, including leased
workers from Defender Services, Inc., Ramseur, North Carolina who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 14, 2008 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 6th day of March 2008


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