DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,989

MILLIKEN AND COMPANY
JUDSON PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SELECT ONE STAFFING OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC MAU WORKFORCE
SOLUTIONS, AND AMBASSADOR PERSONNEL
GREENVILLE, SOUTH 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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 May 6, 2015 on behalf of workers of Milliken and
Company, Judson Plant, Greenville, South Carolina (Milliken and
Company). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of yarn (i.e. spun yarn). The subject worker
group is inclusive of on-site leased workers from Select One
Staffing of South Carolina, LLC, MAU Workforce Solutions, and
Ambassador Personnel.
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 yarn by Milliken and Company have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because
company imports of fabric like or directly competitive with
fabric incorporating yarn produced by Milliken and Company
have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased company imports of fabric contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Milliken and Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Milliken and Company,
Judson Plant, including on-site leased workers from Select One
Staffing of South Carolina, LLC, MAU Workforce Solutions, and
Ambassador Personnel, Greenville, South Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of yarn, 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 Milliken and Company, Judson Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Select One Staffing
of South Carolina, LLC, MAU Workforce Solutions, and
Ambassador Personnel, Greenville, South Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 5, 2014, 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 17th day of February, 2016.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance