DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,483

SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL FABRICS
ROSSVILLE, 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 (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 June 5, 2008 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Southern Industrial Fabrics, Rossville, Georgia. The workers
produce polypropylene yarn. The workers are not separately
identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that Southern Industrial Fabrics,
Rossville, Georgia supplies polypropylene yarn for the production
of furniture, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
was supplied to a furniture manufacturer whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 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 Southern Industrial
Fabrics, Rossville, Georgia, 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 Southern Industrial Fabrics, Rossville,
Georgia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 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
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of July 2008.

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