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TAW-74305  /  Hanesbrands, Inc. (Winston Salem, NC)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/18/2009
Filed Date: 06/28/2010
Most Recent Update: 10/06/2010
Determination Date: 10/06/2010
Expiration Date: 10/06/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,305

HANESBRANDS, INC.
ANNAPOLIS DRIVE FACILITY
WINSTON-SALEM, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for
another firm for articles or services with respect to which a
group of workers in such other firm has been certified under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term
"value-added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 28, 2010, on behalf of workers of Hanesbrands,
Inc., Annapolis Drive Facility, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The workers provide warehouse, distribution and re-packaging
services for affiliated facilities of the firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hanesbrands,
Inc., Annapolis Drive Facility, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
who are engaged in employment related to warehouse,
distribution and re-packaging, meet the criteria as a
Downstream Producer for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the period under
investigation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Hanesbrands,
Inc., Annapolis Drive Facility, provided warehouse,
distribution and re-packaging services to a firm that employed
a worker group that is covered by an active certification and
the warehouse, distribution and re-packaging services were
related to the article that was the basis of the
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Hanesbrands, Inc., with the TAA-certified firm contributed
importantly to the worker separations at the Hanesbrands,
Inc., Annapolis Drive Facility, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hanesbrands, Inc.,
Annapolis Drive Facility, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who
are engaged in employment related to warehouse, distribution and
re-packaging services, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:




"All workers of Hanesbrands, Inc., Annapolis Drive
Facility, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 18, 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 6th day of October, 2010


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