DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,130

US TEXTILE CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SCULPTZ, INC.
LANCASTER, 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), 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 August 24, 2015 by the State Workforce office on behalf
of workers of US Textile Corporation, a subsidiary of Sculptz,
Inc., Lancaster, South Carolina (US Textile). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of women's
hosiery and legwear. The workers are not separately identifiable
by article produced. The subject worker group does not include on-
site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the subject
firm's major declining customer.
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 women's hosiery and legwear by US Textile
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by US
Textile have increased during 2015 when compared to 2014 levels.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at US Textile.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of US Textile Corporation,
Lancaster, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of women's hosiery and legwear, 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 US Textile Corporation, a subsidiary of
Sculptz, Inc., Lancaster, South Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January 1,
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 9th day of January, 2016

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