DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,319
ALLIED HOSIERY MILL, INC.
ENGLEWOOD, TENNESSEE

TA-W-64,319A
MCCONKEY AND MCCONKEY MACHINERY
ENGLEWOOD, 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 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 31, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Allied Hosiery Mill, Inc., Englewood, Tennessee (TA-W-
64,319) and McConkey and McConkey Machinery, Englewood, Tennessee
(TA-W-64,319A). These firms are under common ownership at the same
location, and their production is vertically integrated. The
workers produce men and women's athletic socks.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the Englewood plants declined with the closure of the facilities in
October of 2008.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of men's
and women's athletic socks in 2006 through September 2008. The
survey revealed that major customers increased their purchases of
imported men and women's athletic socks.
United States aggregate imports of socks were very high
relative to domestic shipments in 2007 and increased relative to
shipments in the first half of 2008.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with men and women's athletic socks
produced at Allied Hosiery Mill, Inc., Englewood, Tennessee and
McConkey and McConkey Machinery, Englewood, Tennessee contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Allied Hosiery Mill, Inc., Englewood,
Tennessee, and McConkey and McConkey Machinery, Englewood,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 28, 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 24th day of November 2008


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