DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,289

SHADOWLINE, INCORPORATED
MORGANTON, 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:
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 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Shadowline, Incorporated, Morganton, North Carolina
(Shadowline). The workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of women's intimate apparel.
All workers of Shadowline, Incorporated were covered by a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance that expired on June 6, 2009 (TA-W-61,392).
The investigation revealed that workers of Shadowline who
are engaged in employment related to the production of women's
intimate apparel meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because more than five percent
of the worker group were separated and are threatened with
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Shadowline has
shifted to foreign countries the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of women's intimate apparel to China and Mexico by
Shadowline contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at Shadowline, Incorporated.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Shadowline,
Incorporated, Morganton, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of women's intimate apparel
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 Shadowline, Incorporated, Morganton, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 8, 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 21st day of July 2009


/s/Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance