DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,263

ALABAMA WHOLESALE SOCKS, INC.
SYLVANIA, ALABAMA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade 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, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision 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 or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 29, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Alabama Wholesale Socks, Inc., Sylvania, Alabama.
The workers' firm is engaged activities related to the
production of socks.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and official government
sources of data.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of socks by Alabama Wholesale Socks, Inc.
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Alabama Wholesale Socks, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Alabama Wholesale
Socks, Inc..
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied
if the following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion (I) has not
been met. The investigation revealed that there were not a
significant number of workers in the workers' firm 50 years of
age or older.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alabama Wholesale
Socks, Inc., Sylvania, Alabama, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of socks meet, the worker group
certification criteria under 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 Alabama Wholesale Socks, Inc., Sylvania,
Alabama, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 27, 2010, 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; and I further determine that
all workers of Alabama Wholesale Socks, Inc., Sylvania,
Alabama, are denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of July, 2011


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