DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,705

GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR, INC.
KENTUCKY DERBY HOSIERY, PLANT 8
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM IH SERVICES AND MANPOWER
HILLSVILLE, VIRGINIA

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 December 17, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Gildan Activewear, Inc., Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Plant
8, Hillsville, Virginia. The workers produce socks.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on January 20, 2006 (TA-W-58,503). That
certification expired on January 20, 2008.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the Hillsville facility will decline absolutely in February 2009.
The subject firm is shifting its production to Honduras,
resulting in a decline in production and employment at the subject
facility. Honduras 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 Honduras 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 Gildan Activewear, Inc., Kentucky Derby
Hosiery, Plant 8, including on-site leased workers from IH
Services and Manpower, Hillsville, Virginia, who become
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 21, 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 8th day of January 2009

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