DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,781

DILLAN CHENILLE, INC.
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA

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 31, 2008 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of Dillan
Chenille, Inc. in Martinsville, Virginia. The workers produce a type of
chenille yarn.
The investigation revealed that a significant number of
separations have occurred in the last year at the Martinsville plant.
Dillan Chenille, Inc. in Martinsville, Virginia supplies
component parts for the manufacture of fabric, and at least 20
percent of its production or sales are supplied to a producer of
fabric 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 Dillan Chenille, Inc. in Martinsville,
Virginia 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 Dillan Chenille, Inc. in Martinsville, Virginia
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 29, 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 15th day of February 2008


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