DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,637

PARKER HOSIERY COMPANY, INC.
OLD FORT, 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 September 17, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers at Parker Hosiery Company, Inc., Old Fort, North
Carolina. The workers produce hosiery. The worker group
was covered by certification TA-W-63,938 that expired on
September 11, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Parker Hosiery
Company, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
production of hosiery, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) 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/or production of hosiery by Parker Hosiery Company, Inc.
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
hosiery like or directly competitive with the hosiery produced
by Parker Hosiery Company, Inc. have increased during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parker Hosiery
Company, Inc., Old Fort, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to production of hosiery, 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 Parker Hosiery Company, Inc., Old Fort,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 12, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of October, 2010


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