DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,567

PATSY AIKEN DESIGNS
RALEIGH, 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 July 7, 2009, on behalf of workers of Patsy Aiken
Designs, Raleigh, North Carolina. The workers produce knit and
woven children's wear.
The investigation revealed that workers of Patsy Aiken
Designs who are engaged in employment related to production of
knit and woven children's wear meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country its acquisition of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
acquisition by the firm contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Raleigh, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Patsy Aiken Designs,
Raleigh, North Carolina, 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 Patsy Aiken Designs, Raleigh, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 2, 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 12th day of February, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance