DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,877

CRESCENT, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HR SOURCES AND SOLUTIONS
NIOTA, TENNESSEE

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 November 15, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Crescent, Inc., Niota, Tennessee. The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of socks, and
are not separately identifiable by product. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from HR Sources and Solutions.
The investigation revealed that workers of Crescent, Inc.,
Niota, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of socks, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers at Crescent, Inc., Niota,
Tennessee, have been totally or partially separated, or
threatened with such separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of socks by Crescent, Inc., Niota,
Tennessee, have decreased during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with socks produced by
Crescent, Inc., Niota, Tennessee, increased during the
relevant time period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Crescent,
Inc., Niota, Tennessee.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Crescent, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from HR Sources, Niota,
Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of 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 Crescent, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from HR Sources, Niota, Tennessee, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 11, 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 23rd day of December, 2010


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