DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,526

PARKDALE MILLS, INC.
PLANT 22
A SUBSIDIARY OF PARKDALE AMERICA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF PARKDALE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DEFENDER SERVICES, INC.
GALAX, VIRGINIA

TA-W-95,526A

PARKDALE MILLS, INC.
PLANT 23
A SUBSIDIARY OF PARKDALE AMERICA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF PARKDALE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DEFENDER SERVICES, INC.
LANDIS, 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 January 2, 2020 on behalf of workers and former workers
of Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 22, a subsidiary of Parkdale
America, LLC, a subsidiary of Parkdale, Inc., Galax, Virginia
(Parkdale-Plant 22; TA-W-95,526), and Parkdale Mills, Inc.,
Plant 23, a subsidiary of Parkdale America, LLC, a subsidiary
of Parkdale, Inc., Landis, North Carolina (Parkdale-Plant 23;
TA-W-95,526A). Parkdale Mills, Inc. is engaged in activities
related to the production of cotton and cotton-blend yarns.
The worker groups includes on-site leased workers from Defender
Services, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and other sources.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Parkdale-Plant 22 and
Parkdale-Plant 23 have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because both Parkdale-
Plant 22 and Parkdale-Plant 23 are Suppliers 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 afore-referenced firm contributed
importantly to worker separations at both Parkdale-Plant 22
and Parkdale-Plant 23.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of both Parkdale-Plant
22 and Parkdale-Plant 23, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of cotton and cotton-blend yarns, 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 22, a
subsidiary of Parkdale America, LLC, a subsidiary of
Parkdale, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Defender Services, Inc., Galax, Virginia (TA-W-95,526) and
Parkdale Mills, Inc., Plant 23, a subsidiary of Parkdale
America, LLC, a subsidiary of Parkdale, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Defender Services, Inc.,
Landis, North Carolina (TA-W-95,526A), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after December
21, 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 10th day of March 2020.

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