DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,253

RUSSELL BRANDS, LLC
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION
A SUBSIDIEARY OF FRUIT OF THE LOOM
ALEXANDER CITY, 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 September 9, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Russell Brands, LLC, Administrative Services
Division, a subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Alexander City,
Alabama. The workers are engaged in activities related to
administrative support services (e.g. accounting services,
credit services, distribution planning services, customer
services, and other support services). The workers are not
separately identifiable by function.
The investigation revealed that workers of Russell Brands,
LLC, Administrative Services Division, a subsidiary of Fruit of
the Loom, Alexander City, Alabama who were engaged in
activities related to administrative support services meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers of
Russell Corporation, Alexander City, Alabama (at 694 1st Way,
Alexander City, Alabama) are covered by certification number
TA-W-63,167 issued based on a shift in production to a foreign
country, and the workers of Russell Brands, LLC, Administrative
Services Division, a subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Alexander
City, Alabama were in support of production at Russell
Corporation, Alexander City, Alabama (at 694 1st Way, Alexander
City, Alabama).
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Russell Corporation, Alexander City, Alabama (at
694 1st Way, Alexander City, Alabama) contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Russell Brands, LLC, Administrative
Services Division, a subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Alexander
City, Alabama.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Russell Brands, LLC,
Administrative Services Division, a subsidiary of Fruit of the
Loom, Alexander City, Alabama, who are engaged in employment
related to administrative support services 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 Russell Brands, LLC, Administrative
Services Division, a subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom,
Alexander City, Alabama, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 3, 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 4th day of February, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance