DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,347

R.L. STOWE MILLS INCORPORATED
CORPORATE OFFICE
BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-63,347A

R.L. STOWE MILLS INCORPORATED
CHATTANOOGA DYEING & FINISHING
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

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 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 May 9, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of R.L. Stowe Mills Incorporated, Corporate Office, Belmont,
North Carolina (TA-W-63,347); R.L. Stowe Mills Incorporated,
Chattanooga Dyeing & Finishing, Chattanooga, Tennessee (TA-W-
63,347A). The workers provide administration support for a
trade certified affiliate.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment
at the subject facilities are related to a loss of business by
an affiliate facility that is an upstream supplier of a trade
certified primary firm whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance.
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 do not possess skills that are 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 R.L. Stowe Mills
Incorporated, Corporate Office, Belmont, North Carolina (TA-W-
63,347); R.L. Stowe Mills Incorporated, Chattanooga Dyeing &
Finishing, Chattanooga, Tennessee (TA-W-63,347A); 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 R.L. Stowe Mills Incorporated, Corporate
Office, Belmont, North Carolina (TA-W-63,347); and
administrative support workers of R.L. Stowe Mills
Incorporated, Chattanooga Dyeing & Finishing, Chattanooga,
Tennessee (TA-W-63,347A); who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 8, 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 21st day of May 2008
/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance