DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,393

GLOBAL SAFETY TEXTILES
FORMERLY KNOWN AS AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY DIVISION OF
INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE GROUP
GREENVILLE, 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:
(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 24, 2009 by three workers of Global Safety
Textiles, formerly known as Automotive Safety Division of
International Textile Group, Greensville, South Carolina.
Workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers at the subject
firm, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
airbag fabric and airbag cushions, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have become separated from employment
during the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
the subject firm decreased during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer's
reliance on imports of airbag fabric and airbag cushions that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm have increased during the relevant period.
The U.S. Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
major declining customer regarding its purchases of airbag
fabric and airbag cushions in January through August 2009 over
the corresponding 2008 period. The survey revealed that the
customer increased their reliance on imports of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imports of airbag fabric and airbag
cushions by the customer 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 Global Safety
Textiles, formerly known as Automotive Safety Division of
International Textile Group, Greensville, South Carolina 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 Global Safety Textiles, formerly known as
Automotive Safety Division of International Textile
Group, Greensville, South Carolina who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
22, 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 26th day of May, 2010


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