DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-62,958

AUBURN HOSIERY MILLS, INC.
AUBURN, KENTUCKY

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on March 5, 2008, in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of Auburn
Hosiery Mills, Inc., Auburn, Kentucky. The workers performed quality
assurance and production support related to articles produced abroad.
The investigation revealed that Auburn Hosiery Mills, Inc., Auburn,
Kentucky, does not produce an article within the meaning of Section
222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article and there must be a relationship between the
workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The quality assurance and distribution workers
described above do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically and thus the worker group cannot be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production of an
article.
In addition, 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 worker group must be certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible
for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I
determine that all workers of Auburn Hosiery Mills, Inc., Auburn,
Kentucky are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 27th day of March 2008


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