DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,502

HANESBRANDS, INC.
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA

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 April 16, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hanesbrands, Inc., Martinsville, Virginia. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production and distribution of knit socks.
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 articles
like or directly competitive with knit socks, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Martinsville, Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hanesbrands, Inc.,
Martinsville, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related
to the distribution of knit socks, 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 Hanesbrands, Inc., Martinsville,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 30, 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 13th day of June, 2012


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