DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,685

COATS AMERICAN, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ALLEN & ASSOC OF AMERICA
CHARLOTTE, 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 October 1, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Coats American, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the supply of
information technology services.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Allen
& Assoc of America.
The investigation revealed that workers of Coats American,
Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of information technology services, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Coats American, Inc., Charlotte, North
Carolina has been totally or partially separated, or threatened
with such separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Coats American, Inc. has
shifted to foreign countries the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the information technology services
supplied by workers at Coats American, Inc., Charlotte, North
Carolina.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of supply of
information technology services to the United Kingdom and the
Philippines contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Coats American, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Coats American, Inc.,
Charlotte, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of information technology services, 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 Coats American, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Allen & Assoc of America, Charlotte,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 28, 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 9th day of November, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance