DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,417

MILLIKEN & CO.
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
SHARON PLANT
ABBEVILLE, SOUTH 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(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 22, 2009, by a one-stop operator/partner on behalf
of workers of Milliken & Co., Automotive Division, Sharon
Plant, Abbeville, South Carolina (Sharon Plant). The workers
produce flat woven cloth for interior automotive applications.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sharon Plant,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
flat woven cloth, meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Sharon Plant was separated during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Sharon Plant
produced and supplied flat woven cloth to a firm that employed
a worker group who is covered by an active certification to be
incorporated into polyurethane foam product.
Criterion III has been met because the business with the
aforementioned TAA-certified firm accounted for at leased 20
percent of the production of Sharon Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Milliken & Co.,
Automotive Division, Sharon Plant, Abbeville, South Carolina,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of flat
woven cloth for interior automotive applications, 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 Milliken & Co., Automotive Division, Sharon
Plant, Abbeville, South Carolina, 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 14th day of December, 2009

/S/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance