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TAW-70420  /  Milliken and Company (Abbeville, SC)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 05/19/2008
Filed Date: 05/22/2009
Most Recent Update: 12/10/2009
Determination Date: 12/10/2009
Expiration Date: 12/10/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,420

MILLIKEN & CO.
ABBEVILLE PLANT
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
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., Abbeville Plant, Automotive
Division, Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville Plant). The
workers produce flat woven cloth for interior automotive
applications.
The investigation revealed that workers of Abbeville 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 were separated during the period of
January through April 2009 compared to the corresponding 2008
period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Abbeville
Plant produced and sold 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 Abbeville Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Milliken & Co.,
Abbeville Plant, Automotive Division, 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., Abbeville Plant, Automotive
Division, 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 10th day of December, 2009

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