DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,143

OAKDALE COTTON MILLS, INC.
JAMESTOWN, 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 June 10, 2009 by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Oakdale Cotton Mills, Inc., Jamestown, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in the activities related to
the production of yarn and twine. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Oakdale Cotton
Mills, Inc., Jamestown, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to yarn and twine meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of yarn and twine by the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with yarn and twine
produced by Oakdale Cotton Mills, Inc. have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customer regarding their
purchases of yarn and twine during the relevant period. The
survey revealed increased customer reliance on imported yarn and
twine.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of yarn and twine by customers of Oakdale
Cotton Mills, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Oakdale Cotton
Mills, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Oakdale Cotton Mills,
Inc., Jamestown, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of yarn and twine 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 Oakdale Cotton Mills, Inc., Jamestown,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 10, 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 February, 2010.


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