DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,874

PARKWAY KNITTING CO., INC.
HILLSVILLE, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the 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) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream
Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply
or production is related to the article or service that
was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the
component parts it supplied to the firm described in
paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines
the term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs
additional, value-added production processes or services
directly for another firm for articles or services with
respect to which a group of workers in such other firm has
been certified under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the
Act]" and defines the term "value-added production processes
or services" to "include final assembly, finishing, testing,
packaging, or maintenance or transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 9, 2012 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Parkway Knitting Co., Inc., Hillsville, Virginia (Parkway
Knitting). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of socks. The subject worker group finishes
and bags socks, as well as provides partial sock product in
terms of toe seaming and knitting.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Parkway Knitting
is a Downstream Producer to a firm or subdivision that
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a), and such production is related to the actual finished
article or service that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Parkway Knitting with the aforementioned firm
contributed importantly to worker separations at Parkway
Knitting.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parkway Knitting
Co., Inc., Hillsville, Virginia, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of socks meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:





"All workers of Parkway Knitting Co., Inc., Hillsville,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 23, 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 11th day of October, 2012.


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