DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,013

RUSSEL BRANDS, LLC
COOSA RIVER YARN DIVISION
3147 ELMORE ROAD
WETUMPKA, ALABAMA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to
a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production
is related to the article or service that was the basis
for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts
it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply of
services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222
of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Russell Brands, LLC, Coosa River Yarn Division, Wetumpka,
Alabama (Coosa River Yarn). The workers produce spun yarn.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Coosa River
Yarn who are engaged in the production of spun yarn meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of the Coosa
River Yarn produced and sold spun yarn to Russell Brands, LLC,
Coosa River Textiles Division, Wetumpka, Alabama to be incorporated
into t-shirts, fleece shirts and pants. Workers of Russell Brands,
LLC, Coosa River Textiles Division, Wetumpka, Alabama are covered
by certification number TA-W-63,577 issued based on a shift in
production of fabric for t-shirts, fleece shirts and pants.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
Coosa River Yarn with respect to the spun yarn sold to Russell
Brands, LLC, Coosa River Textiles Division, Wetumpka, Alabama
contributed importantly to the production or sales decline at
Coosa River Yarn.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Russell Brands, LLC,
Coosa River Yarn Division, Wetumpka, Alabama, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of spun yarn meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Russell Brands, LLC, Coosa River Yarn
Division, Wetumpka, Alabama, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of June, 2009.


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