DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,178

LOUIS LAVITT COMPANY, INCORPORATED
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 February 9, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Louis Lavitt Company, Incorporated, Hickory, North
Carolina. Workers at the subject facility are engaged in activities
related to the production of yarn.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that Louis Lavitt Company,
Incorporated, Hickory, North Carolina, supplies yarn and a loss of
business with a manufacturer of hosiery and double knit fabrics
cloth whose workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance contributed importantly to the separation or threat of
separation of workers at the subject firm.
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 Louis Lavitt Company,
Incorporated, Hickory, North Carolina, 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 Louis Lavitt Company, Incorporated, Hickory,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 6, 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 under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 18th day of February 2009

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance