DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,055

MILLIKEN AND COMPANY
JOHNSTON, 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(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 June 9, 2009, by a State Workforce Official on behalf
of workers of Milliken and Company, Johnston, South Carolina
(Milliken and Company). The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of flat woven cloth. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Milliken and
Company, who are engaged in employment related to production of
flat woven cloth, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at Milliken and Company has
become separated from employment during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of flat woven cloth by Milliken and Company
have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of articles like or directly competitive
with flat woven cloth produced by Milliken and Company have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased aggregate imports of flat woven cloth
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
production declines at Milliken and Company.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Milliken and Company,
Johnston, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to production of flat woven cloth, 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 and Company, Johnston, 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 18th day of December, 2009


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