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TAW-94766  /  Clover Yarns, Inc. (Clover, VA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 04/29/2018
Filed Date: 04/30/2019
Most Recent Update: 09/16/2019
Determination Date: 09/16/2019
Expiration Date: 09/16/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,766

CLOVER YARNS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CLOVER YARNS HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMERISTAFF EMPLOYMENT & STAFFING SOLUTIONS
CLOVER, 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(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)(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 April 30, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Clover Yarns, Inc., a subsidiary of Clover Yarns
Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
AmeriStaff Employment & Staffing Solutions, Clover, Virginia
("Clover Yarns, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to processing services for off-grade nylon
yarn polymer "N6 and N66" which turns the yarn into a semi-
finished product for use in fabrics, cable fillers, flexible
hoses, ropes, concrete, and other various products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, and Internet sources.
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 processed yarn by Clover Yarns, Inc. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Clover Yarns, Inc. have increased.
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 Clover Yarns,
Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Clover Yarns, Inc., a
subsidiary of Clover Yarns Holdings, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from AmeriStaff Employment & Staffing
Solutions, Clover, Virginia, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of processed 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 Clover Yarns, Inc., a subsidiary of Clover
Yarns Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from AmeriStaff Employment & Staffing Solutions, Clover,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 29, 2018, 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 16th day of September 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance