DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,788

HANES DYE & FINISHING
A SUBSIDIARY OF HANES COMPANIES, LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.
#03-MT HOPE LOCATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS PERSONNEL
BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA

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 August 1, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by workers on behalf of workers of Hanes Dye &
Finishing, a subsidiary of Hanes Companies, Leggett & Platt, Inc.,
#03-Mt Hope Location, Butner, North Carolina. The workers produce
foam coated fabric for drapery backing.
The investigation revealed that the worker group at the
subject firm includes on-site leased workers from Express
Personnel.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
has declined
Hanes Dye & Finishing, a subsidiary of Hanes Companies,
Leggett & Platt, Inc., #03-Mt Hope Location, Butner, North Carolina
supplies components for draperies, and at least 20 percent of its
production or sales are supplied to a manufacturer whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 Hanes Dye & Finishing, a
subsidiary of Hanes Companies, Leggett & Platt, Inc., #03-Mt Hope
Location, Butner, North Carolina, 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 Hanes Dye & Finishing, a subsidiary of Hanes
Companies, Leggett & Platt, Inc., #03-Mt Hope Location,
Butner, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 30, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of September 2008


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance