DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,658

ADAMS USA, INC.
MONTEREY DIVISION
COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 petition
filed on May 28, 2009, on behalf of workers of Adams USA, Inc.,
Monterey Division, Cookeville, Tennessee. The workers produce
cut and sewn athletic garments and equipment. The petitioner
alleged that worker separations were a result of production of
cut and sewn athletic garments and equipment shifting to China,
Vietnam, Pakistan, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, and the
Dominican Republic.
The investigation revealed that workers of Adams USA, Inc.,
Cookeville, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related
to production of cut and sewn athletic garments and equipment
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
the workers were separated from employment in the January
through April of 2009 when compared to the same time period of
the previous year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country production like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the because the
acquisition cut and sewn athletic garments and equipment
production to China, Vietnam, Pakistan, Taiwan, United Arab
Emirates, and the Dominican Republic to contractor contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Adams USA, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Adams USA, Inc.,
Monterey Division, Cookeville, Tennessee, who are engaged in
employment related to production of cut and sewn athletic
garments and equipment 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 Adams USA, Inc., Monterey Division,
Cookeville, Tennessee, 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 21st day of July, 2009.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance