DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,057

ALBA HEALTH, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS PERSONNEL
ROCKWOOD, TENNESSE

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 September 16, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a Tennessee State Workforce Office
on behalf of workers of Alba Health, LLC, Rockwood, Tennessee. The
workers produce knitted healthcare products. Workers are not
separately identifiable by specific product line.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on March 16, 2006 (TA-W-58,915). That
certification expired on March 16, 2008.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the Rockwood facility declined in January through September 2008
compared with the same period in 2007.
The subject firm is shifting a portion of its production to
Mexico and China, resulting in a decline in production and
employment at the subject facility. Mexico is party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
In addition, 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico and China 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 Alba Health, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Express Personnel, Rockwood, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 17, 2008 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
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of October 2008


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