DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,141

MCMURRAY FABRICS, INC.
ABERDEEN PLANT
ABERDEEN, NORTH CAROLINA

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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of McMurray Fabrics,
Inc., Aberdeen Plant, Aberdeen, North Carolina. The workers
produce un-dyed knitted fabrics used in the production of
athletic active wear.
The investigation revealed that workers of McMurray
Fabrics, Inc., Aberdeen Plant, Aberdeen, North Carolina who are
engaged in employment related to production of un-dyed knitted
fabrics meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) of the Act has been met because a
significant number of workers were separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of un-dyed knitted fabrics have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of athletic active wear incorporating articles like or
directly competitive with un-dyed knitted fabrics produced by
McMurray Fabrics, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the imports of athletic active wear by customers of McMurray
Fabrics, Inc contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and the sales/production declines at the Aberdeen,
North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of McMurray Fabrics,
Inc., Aberdeen Plant, Aberdeen, North Carolina, who are engaged
in employment related to production of un-dyed knitted fabrics
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 McMurray Fabrics, Inc., Aberdeen Plant,
Aberdeen, North Carolina, 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 8th day of December, 2009

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance