DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,967

RIVERSIDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
WADLEY PLANT
WADLEY, 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, 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.
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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 6, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a One-Stop local representative
on behalf of workers of Riverside Manufacturing Company, Wadley
Plant, Wadley, Georgia. Workers produce uniform woven shirts.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm experienced
employment declines and has shifted production of uniform woven
shirts to the Dominican Republic, a beneficiary country under
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
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 there has been a shift in
production from the workers' firm or subdivision to the
Dominican Republic of articles that are like or directly
competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:




"All workers of Riverside Manufacturing Company, Wadley
Plant, Wadley, Georgia, who became totally separated from
employment on March 5, 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 4th day of April 2008


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance