DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,315
DODGER INDUSTRIES, INC.
ELDORA, IOWA

TA-W-70,315A
DODGER INDUSTRIES, INC.
CLINTON, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-70,315B
DODGER INDUSTRIES, INC.
FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-70,315C
DODGER INDUSTRIES, INC.
RALEIGH, 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), are
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)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm 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 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Dodger Industries, Inc., Eldora, Iowa, Clinton,
North Carolina, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Raleigh,
North Carolina. The workers at the Clinton and Fayetteville
facilities are engaged in the production of sportswear apparel
and workers at the Eldora and Raleigh facilities are engaged
in administrative functions in support of the production of
these articles.
The investigation revealed that workers of Dodger
Industries, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of sportswear apparel meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, and are threatened with
becoming totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of sportswear apparel by Dodger Industries,
Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with sportswear apparel
by Dodger Industries, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of sportswear apparel by Dodger Industries,
Inc. contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Dodger Industries, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dodger Industries,
Inc., Eldora, Iowa, Clinton, North Carolina, Fayetteville,
North Carolina, and Raleigh, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of sportswear apparel 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 of Dodger Industries, Inc., Eldora, Iowa
(TA-W-70,315), Clinton, North Carolina (TA-W-70,315A),
Fayetteville, North Carolina (TA-W-70,315B), and Raleigh,
North Carolina (TA-W-70,315C), 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 17th day of July, 2009.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance