DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,374

HIGGINS EMBROIDERY, INC.
LINEVILLE, 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 September 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Higgins Embroidery, Inc. The workers produced
cheerleader uniforms.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
cheerleader uniforms, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated by the subject firm.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of cheerleader uniforms by the subject firm
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
cheerleader uniforms produced by the subject firm have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of cheerleader uniforms by customers of
the subject firm contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Higgins Embroidery,
Inc., Lineville, Alabama, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of cheerleader uniforms 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 Higgins Embroidery, Inc., Lineville,
Alabama, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 21, 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 20th day of October, 2009.


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