DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,904
R.L. STOWE MILLS, INC.
NATIONAL PLANT
BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-64,904A
R.L. STOWE MILLS, INC.
HELMS PLANT
BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-64,904B
R.L. STOWE MILLS, INC.
CHATTANOOGA PLANT
CHATTANOOGA, 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 (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 January 15, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of three locations of R.L. Stowe Mills, Inc., namely
National Plant, Belmont, North Carolina (TA-W-64,904), Helms
Plant, Belmont, North Carolina (TA-W-64,904A), and Chattanooga
Plant, Chattanooga, Tennessee (TA-W-64,904B). The workers
produce sales yarn and dyed and finished yarn. The workers are
separately identifiable by location.
Employment at the each subject location declined between
2007 and 2008.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is a
supplier of component parts to a manufacturer of fabric and
apparel products whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance and the loss of business with
this firm contributed importantly to worker separations at the
subject firm.
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 do not possess skills that are 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 R.L. Stowe Mills,
Inc., National Plant, Belmont, North Carolina, Helms Plant,
Belmont, North Carolina, and Chattanooga Plant, Chattanooga,
Tennessee 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 R.L. Stowe Mills, Inc., National Plant,
Belmont, North Carolina (TA-W-64,904), Helms Plant,
Belmont, North Carolina (TA-W-64,904A), and Chattanooga
Plant, Chattanooga, Tennessee (TA-W-64,904B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 13, 2008 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of February 2009
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance