DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,509

THE LIGGETT CORPORATION
SOUTH FULTON, TENNESSEE

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 February 19, 2010 on behalf of workers of The Liggett
Corporation, South Fulton, Tennessee. The workers produced
athletic uniforms.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Liggett
Corporation, who are engaged in employment related to production
of athletic uniforms, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of athletic uniforms by The Liggett Corporation
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with athletic
uniforms produced by The Liggett Corporation have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports of athletic uniforms
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at The Liggett Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Liggett
Corporation, South Fulton, Tennessee, who are engaged in
employment related to production of athletic 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 The Liggett Corporation, South Fulton,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 11, 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 1st day of June, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance