DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,952

JOHNSTON TEXTILES, INC.
MICOLAS PLANT
A JOHNSTON ACQUISITION, INC. COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF AMBASSADOR PERSONNEL
OPP, ALABAMA

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 "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or services used in the
production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case may
be, that were the basis for a certification of eligibility under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a group of workers
employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed
on December 2, 2010 by a company official on behalf of workers of
Johnston Textiles, Inc., Micolas Plant, a Johnston Acquisition, Inc.
Company, Opp, Alabama (Johnston Textiles). The workers produce
woven and finished fabric. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers of Ambassador Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Johnston Textiles
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because all workers at Johnston
Textiles are threatened with total separation in January 2011.
Criterion II has been met because Johnston Textiles produced
and supplied a component part that was supplied to a firm that
employed a worker group eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) and the component was related to the production
of the article that was the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the fabric produced and
supplied by Johnston Textiles to the afore-mentioned firm
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of
Johnston Textiles, Micolas Plant, Opp, Alabama.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnston Textiles, Inc.,
Micolas Plant, a Johnston Acquisition, Inc. Company, Opp, Alabama,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of woven and
finished fabric, 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 Johnston Textiles, Inc., Micolas Plant, a
Johnston Acquisition, Inc. Company, including leased on-site
workers of Ambassador Personnel, Opp, Alabama, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 1, 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 17th day of December, 2010


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