DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,058

WARREN CORPORATION
TEXTILE APPAREL DIVISION
STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONNECTICUT

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 8, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Warren Corporation, Textiles Apparel Division,
Stafford Springs, Connecticut. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of worsted and woolen
fabric.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-71,048.
That certification expired on December 3, 2011.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted the production of worsted and woolen fabric to a
foreign country, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Warren Corporation, Textiles Apparel Division,
Stafford Springs, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Warren Corporation,
Textiles Apparel Division, Stafford Springs, Connecticut, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of worsted
and woolen fabric, 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 Warren Corporation, Textiles Apparel
Division, Stafford Springs, Connecticut, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 4, 2011, 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 14th day of December, 2011.


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