DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,226

DURO TEXTILES, LLC
DURO FINISHING AND DURO PRINTERS PLANTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF PATRIARCH PARTNERS, LLC
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-81,226A

LT STAFFING AND ABLE ASSOCIATES
WORKING ON-SITE AT DURO TEXTILES, LLC
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

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 January 9, 2012 by a company official on behalf of workers of
Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro Finishing and Duro Textile Printers
Plants, a subsidiary of Patriarch Partners, LLC, Fall River,
Massachusetts (TA-W-81,226) and LT Staffing and Able Associates
working on-site at Duro Textiles, LLC, Fall River, Massachusetts
(TA-W-81,226A) (Duro Textiles). The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of dying, finishing, coating,
and printing of fabric.
The worker group, Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro Finishing and Duro
Textile Printers Plants, Fall River, Massachusetts (TA-W-81,226),
was certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) under petition number TA-W-71,094 which expired on November
9, 2011. LT Staffing and Able Associates working on-site at Duro
Textiles, LLC, Fall River, Massachusetts (TA-W-81,226A) were not
included in petition number TA-W-71,094.
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 to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at Duro
Textiles.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro
Finishing and Duro Textile Printers Plants, a subsidiary of
Patriarch Partners, LLC, Fall River, Massachusetts (TA-W-81,226)
and LT Staffing and Able Associates working on-site at Duro
Textiles, LLC, Fall River, Massachusetts (TA-W-81,226A), who are
engaged in activities related to the production of dying,
finishing, coating, and printing of 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 Duro Textiles, LLC, Duro Finishing and Duro
Textile Printers Plants, a subsidiary of Patriarch Partners,
LLC, Fall River, Massachusetts (TA-W-81,226), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 10, 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,
AND
All workers of LT Staffing and Able Associates working on-
site at Duro Textiles, LLC, Fall River, Massachusetts (TA-W-
81,226A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 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 14th day of February, 2012.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance