DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,048

CEDAR CREEK CORPORATION
HIGH POINT, 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:
(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 May 5, 2010 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Cedar Creek Corporation, High Point, North Carolina (Cedar
Creek Corporation). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of hospital slipper socks.
The workers are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cedar Creek
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to the
production of hospital slipper socks meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hospital slipper socks by Cedar Creek
Corporation have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with hospital slipper
socks produced by Cedar Creek Corporation have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customer regarding their
purchases of during the relevant period. The survey revealed
increased customer reliance on imported hospital slipper socks.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of hospital slipper socks by customers of
Cedar Creek Corporation contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Cedar Creek
Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cedar Creek
Corporation, High Point, North Carolina who are engaged in
activities related to the production of hospital slipper socks
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 Cedar Creek Corporation, High Point, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 4, 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 8th day of July, 2010.


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