DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,649

MOUNT VERNON MILLS
BRENTEX DIVISION
CUERO PLANT
CUERO, TEXAS

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 26, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Mount Vernon Mills, Brentex Division, Cuero Plant,
Cuero, Texas. The workers produce lightweight greige fabrics.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Cuero Plant
who are engaged in employment related to production of
lightweight greige fabrics meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of the
Cuero Plant produced and sold lightweight greige fabrics to
Mount Vernon Mills, Brentex Division, Columbus Plant,
Columbus, Missouri to be incorporated into cut pockets and
waistbands. Mount Vernon Mills, Brentex Division, Columbus
Plant, Columbus, Missouri are covered by certification number
TA-W-70,598 issued based on the increased imports of articles
containing foreign components.
Criterion III has been met because the decline in sales
of lightweight greige fabric produced by the Cuero Plant for
the Columbus, Missouri Plant contributed importantly to the
production or sales decline of the Cuero Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mount Vernon Mills,
Brentex Division, Cuero Plant, Cuero, Texas, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of lightweight greige
fabrics 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 Mount Vernon Mills, Brentex Division,
Cuero Plant, Cuero, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 22, 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 23rd day of June, 2009.


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