DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,094

DURO TEXTILES, LLC
DURO FINISHING AND DURO TEXTILE PRINTERS PLANTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM OLSTEN STAFFING
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

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 Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro Finishing and Duro Textile
Printers Plants, Fall River, Massachusetts. The workers are
engaged in the production of fabric. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Olsten Staffing. Workers at both
plants were TAA certified until May 4, 2009.
This investigation revealed that workers of Duro Textiles,
LLC, who are engaged in employment related to fabric
production, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated in the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm
has shifted to China a portion of its production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by the
workers at the subject firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of fabric to China by Duro Textiles, LLC
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Duro
Textiles, LLC, Duro Finishing and Textile Printers Plants.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Duro Textiles, LLC,
Duro Finishing and Duro Textile Printers Plants, Fall River,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment related to 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 Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro Finishing and
Duro Textile Printers Plants, including on-site leased
workers from Olsten Staffing, Fall River, Massachusetts,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 5, 2009, 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 9th day of November, 2009


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