DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,981

BAILEY KNIT CORP.
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(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 August 11, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bailey Knit Corp., Fort Payne, Alabama. The workers
produce socks.
The investigation revealed that workers of Bailey Knit
Corp. who are engaged in employment related to production of
socks meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of socks by Bailey Knit Corp. have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the socks produced by Bailey Knit Corp. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased aggregate imports of socks contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Bailey Knit Corp.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bailey Knit Corp.,
Fort Payne, Alabama, who are engaged in employment related to
production of 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 Bailey Knit Corp., Fort Payne, Alabama,,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 5, 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 September, 2009


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