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TAW-70648  /  Fabric Trends International, LLC (Plainfield, CT)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/26/2008
Filed Date: 05/28/2009
Most Recent Update: 09/08/2009
Determination Date: 09/08/2009
Expiration Date: 09/08/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,648

FABRIC TRENDS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
PLAINFIELD, CONNECTICUT

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. See 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 worker
petition filed on May 28, 2009 on behalf of workers of Fabric
Trends International, LLC, Plainfield, Connecticut. The workers
produce high tech upholstery fabric and provide research and
development related to the production of this article.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fabric Trends
International, LLC who are engaged in employment related to the
production of high tech upholstery fabric and research and
development meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated in the relevant period as the
facility closed.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted production and related work at the Plainfield facility
to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to China by Fabric Trends International, LLC
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Fabric
Trends International, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fabric Trends
International, LLC, Plainfield, Connecticut who are engaged in
employment related to the production of high tech upholstery
fabric 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 Fabric Trends International, LLC,
Plainfield, Connecticut who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 26, 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 8th day of September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance