DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,060

CARHARTT, INC.
MARROWBONE SORTATION
MARROWBONE, KENTUCKY

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 June 9, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Carhartt, Inc., Marrowbone Sortation Division,
Marrowbone, Kentucky (Carhartt). The workers provide
warehousing, sorting, and packing services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Carhartt who are
engaged in employment related to warehousing, packing, and
sorting services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been met because Carhartt has acquired
from a foreign country services like or directly competitive
with warehousing, sorting, and packing services performed by
the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services from foreign countries by Carhartt, contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Carhartt.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Carhartt, Inc.,
Marrowbone Sortation Division, Marrowbone, Kentucky, who are
engaged in employment related to warehousing, sorting, and
packaging services 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 Carhartt, Inc., Marrowbone Sortation
Division, Marrowbone, Kentucky, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 6,
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 24th day of September, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance