DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,348

CLOVER YARNS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AARCO, INC.
CLOVER, VIRGINIA

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 21, 2009 on behalf of workers of Clover Yarns, Inc.,
The worker group includes on-site leased workers of Aarco, Inc.
Workers at Clover Yarns, Inc. are engaged in activities related to
the production of yarns used in cable filler, industrial and
commercial fabrics, and other products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Clover Yarns, Inc.,
Clover, Virginia meet the criteria as suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Clover
Yarns, Inc., produced and sold yarns to a firm that employed a
worker group covered by an active certification issued on the basis
of increased company imports.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
Clover Yarns, Inc. with the TAA-certified customer contributed
importantly to the worker separations at the Clover, Virginia,
facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Clover Yarns, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Aarco, Inc., Clover,
Virginia, 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 Clover Yarns, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Aarco, Inc., Clover, Virginia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 19, 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 6th day of January 2010


/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance