DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,197

HANES DYE & FINISHING COMPANY
BUTNER PLANT
BRANCH 0314
A DIVISION OF HANES COMPANY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HAL MUETZEL-EXPRESS PERSONNEL
BUTNER, 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:
(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 December 27, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hanes Dye & Finishing Company, Butner Plant, Branch
0314, a division of Hanes Company, Inc., a subsidiary of
Leggett & Platt, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Hal Muetzel-Express Personnel, Butner, North Carolina (Hanes).
The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of foam backed drapery fabric.
Workers of Hanes were previously certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance on September 11, 2008 under
petition number TA-W-63,788, which expired September 11, 2010.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of foam backed drapery fabric by Hanes have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because reliance on
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the foam
backed drapery fabric produced by Hanes has increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Hanes.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hanes, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of foam backed
drapery 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 Hanes Dye & Finishing Company, Butner
Plant, Branch 0314, a division of Hanes Company, Inc., a
subsidiary of Leggett & Platt, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from HalMuetzel-Express Personnel, Butner,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 12, 2010, 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 3rd day of February, 2012

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