DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,251

COOPER HOSIERY MILL, INC.
FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA


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 13, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cooper Hosiery Mill, Inc., Fort Payne, Alabama
(Cooper). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of men, women and children's socks.
Workers at the subject firm were eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-74,985 (which expired
on December 29, 2012).
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 of
men, women and children's socks by the subject firm have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the men,
women and children's socks produced by the subject firm have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the socks produced by the subject firm
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales declines at Cooper.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper Hosiery
Mill, Inc., Fort Payne, Alabama, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of men, women and children/s 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 Cooper Hosiery Mill, Inc., Fort Payne,
Alabama, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 30, 2012, 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 30th day of January, 2013


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