DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,384

NATIONAL MILLS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER TEMP SERVICE
PITTSBURG, KANSAS


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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. (Set forth in Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii)).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of National Mills, Inc., Pittsburg, Kansas. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of fashion
decorated t-shirts. The worker group also includes on-site
leased workers from Manpower Temp Service.
The investigation revealed that workers of National Mills,
Inc., Pittsburg, Kansas who are engaged in employment related
to production of fashion decorated t-shirts meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of fashion decorated t-shirts by National
Mills, Inc. to Honduras.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of fashion decorated t-shirts by National Mills, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at National
Mills, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of National Mills, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower Temp Service,
Pittsburg, Kansas, who are engaged in employment related to
production of fashion decorated t-shirts, 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 National Mills, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Manpower Temp Service, Pittsburg,
Kansas, 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 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 26th day of June, 2009


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