DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,015

JULIE HAT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MOMENTUM RESOURCES
PATTERSON, GEORGIA

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 its 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 January 29, 2009, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Julie Hat Company, Patterson, Georgia. The workers were
engaged in production of baseball caps.
The subject firm also leased workers from Momentum Resources.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined from 2007 to 2008.
Sales and production of baseball caps at the subject firm
declined from 2007 to 2008.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of baseball caps in
2007 to 2008. The survey revealed that customers increased import
purchases of baseball caps during the relevant period.
In addition, 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 baseball caps produced at Julie
Hat Company, Patterson, Georgia, 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 Julie Hat Company, Patterson, Georgia,
including on-site lease workers from Momentum Resources, who
became 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 4th day of March 2009


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