DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,302

WOLFE DYE & BLEACH WORKS, INC.
SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 January 19, 2010 on behalf of workers of Wolfe Dye &
Bleach Works, Inc., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce bleached, dyed, and finished fabrics.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wolfe Dye &
Bleach Works, Inc., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania who are
engaged in employment related to production of bleached, dyed,
and finished fabrics meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) of the Act has been met because a
significant proportion of the workers have been separated
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of bleached, dyed, finished fabrics by the firm
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because reliance on
U.S. aggregate imports of fabrics like or directly competitive
with the bleached, dyed, and finished fabrics produced by
Wolfe Dye & Bleach Works, Inc., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania
has increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. reliance on imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Wolfe Dye & Bleach Works, Inc., Shoemakersville,
Pennsylvania.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wolfe Dye & Bleach
Works, Inc., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
employment related to production of bleached, dyed, and finished
fabrics 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 Wolfe Dye & Bleach Works, Inc.,
Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 7,
2009, 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 12th day of August, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance