CORRECTION:December 3, 2010

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,743

AMERICAN FIBER & FINISHING, INC.
ALBEMARLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-73,743A

LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFMASTERS
WORKING ON-SITE AT AMERICAN FIBER & FINISHING, INC.
ALBEMARLE, NORTH 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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 18, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Fiber & Finishing Inc., Albemarle, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in production of cotton balls
and cosmetic pads for the medical industry. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Staffmasters.
Workers of American Fiber & Finishing Inc., Albemarle,
North Carolina were covered by certification number TA-W-62,501
that expired on January 17, 2010. That certification did not
include on-site leased workers from Staffmasters.
The investigation revealed that the worker group meets
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated or threatened with
separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because American Fiber &
Finishing Inc. has acquired from a foreign country articles
like or directly competitive with the cotton balls and cosmetic
pads produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the foreign
acquisition of articles contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Albemarle, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Fiber &
Finishing Inc., Albemarle, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to production of cotton balls and cosmetic
pads, 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 American Fiber & Finishing Inc., Albemarle,
North Carolina, (TA-W-73,743) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 18,
2010, 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.
AND
All leased workers from Staffmasters working on-site at
American Fiber & Finishing Inc., Albemarle, North Carolina,
(TA-W-73,743A) who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 17, 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 22nd day of October, 2010

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