DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,568

C.K. KNITTING, INC.
FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to
a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production
is related to the article or service that was the basis
for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts
it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or services used in the
production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case
may be, that were the basis for a certification of eligibility
under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a group of
workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 7, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of C.K. Knitting, Inc., Fort Payne, Alabama, hereafter referred to
as C.K. Knitting. The workers produce knit socks.
The investigation revealed that workers of C.K Knitting who
are engaged in employment related to knit socks meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of C.K
Knitting produced and sold knit socks to V.I Prewett and Sons,
Inc., a subsidiary or Gildan Active wear, Fort Payne, Alabama, to
be incorporated into finished socks. Workers of V.I Prewett and
Sons, Inc., a subsidiary or Gildan Active wear, Fort Payne,
Alabama are covered by certification number TA-W-64,689 issued
based on the increase in customer's imports of socks.
Furthermore, workers of C.K. Knitting produced and sold
knit socks to GoldToeMoretz, LLC, Burlington Manufacturing
Division, Burlington, North Carolina, to be incorporated into
finished socks. Workers of GoldToeMoretz, Llc, Burlington
Manufacturing Division, Burlington, North Carolina are covered by
certification number TA-W-62,667 issued based on the increase in
customer's imports of socks.
Finally, workers of C.K. Knitting produced and sold knit
socks to Robin-Lynn Mills, Inc., Fort Payne, Alabama, to be
incorporated into finished socks. Workers of Robin-Lynn Mills,
Inc., Fort Payne, Alabama are covered by certification number TA-
W-65,697 issued based on the increase in imports of socks.
Criterion III has been met because the knit socks produced
by C.K. Knitting for finished socks were sold to firms whose
workers are under certification for adjustment assistance, and
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of
C.K. Knitting.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of C.K. Knitting, Inc.,
Fort Payne, Alabama, who are engaged in employment related to knit
socks 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 C.K. Knitting, Inc., Fort Payne, Alabama, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 7, 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 28th day of July, 2009


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