DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,030

TEIJIN MONOFILAMENT U.S., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
CREATIVE WORKFORCE STAFFING
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH 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 August 14, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Teijin Monofilament U.S, Inc., Spartanburg, South
Carolina. The workers produce single end yarns made from
polyester or nylon, known as monofilaments. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Creative Workforce
Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Teijin
Monofilament, U.S., Inc. who are engaged in employment related
to the production of monofilaments meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Teijin
Monofilament U.S., Inc. has shifted to a foreign country
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Germany by Teijin Monofilament, U.S., Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Spartanburg, South Carolina facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Teijin Monofilament,
U.S., Inc., including on-site leased workers of Creative
Workforce Staffing, Spartanburg, South Carolina who are engaged
in employment related to the production of monofilaments 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 Teijin Monofilament, U.S., Inc., including
on-site leased workers of Creative Workforce Staffing,
Spartanburg, South Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 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 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 10th day of September, 2009

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