DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,691

FAIRYSTONE FABRICS, LLC,
DBA FAIRYSTONE FABRICS, INC.
BURLINGTON, NORTH 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 28, 2009, on behalf of workers of Fairystone
Fabrics, LLC, dba Fairystone Fabrcis, Inc., Burlington, North
Carolina. The workers produce warped yarn and greige fabric.
The workers are not separately identifiable by products
produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fairystone
Fabrics, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of warped yarn and greige fabric, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of warped yarn and greige fabric produced by
Fairystone Fabrics have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the warped yarn and greige fabric produced by Fairystone
Fabrics have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at the Burlington, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fairystone Fabrics,
LLC, dba Fairystone Fabrcis, Inc., Burlington, North Carolina,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
warped yarn and greige 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 Fairystone Fabrics, LLC, dba Fairystone
Fabrcis, Inc., Burlington, North 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 24th day of September, 2009

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance