DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,847

PARKDALE MILLS, INC.
PLANT 44
A SUBSIDIARY OF PARKDALE AMERICA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF PARKDALE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DEFENDER SERVICES, INC.
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH 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(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 "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies
directly to another firm component parts for articles, or
services used in the production of articles or in the supply of
services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 27, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 44, a subsidiary of
Parkdale America, LLC, a subsidiary of Parkdale, Inc.,
Williamston, North Carolina (Parkdale-Plant 44). The subject
firm is engaged in the activities related to the production of
yarns. The subject worker group (Parkdale-Plant 44) is engaged
in activities related to the production of cotton and
polyester, and cotton blend yarns used in the production of
underwear and tee shirts.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Defender Services, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Parkdale-Plant 44 have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because the subject firm is
a Supplier 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 is related to the
finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the firm that employed a certified worker group
contributed importantly to worker separations at Parkdale-
Plant 44.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parkdale-Plant 44,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of yarns
used in the production of underwear and tee shirts, 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 Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 44, a
subsidiary of Parkdale America, LLC, a subsidiary of
Parkdale, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Defender Services, Inc., Williamston, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 26, 2016 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 28th day of September 2017.

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