Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 08/04/2019
Filed Date: 08/05/2020
Most Recent Update: 03/27/2021
Determination Date: 03/27/2021
Expiration Date: 03/27/2023
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-96,120
SUNBURY TEXTILE MILLS, INC.
GLEN RAVEN CUSTOM FABRICS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF RAVENWOOD INTERNATIONAL CORP.
SUNBURY, PENNSYLVANIA
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 5, 2020, by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc., Glen Raven Custom
Fabrics, LLC, a subsidiary of Ravenwood International Corp.,
Sunbury, Pennsylvania (herein referred to as "Sunbury Textile
Mills, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of fabrics used for indoor and outdoor
upholstery applications.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and major declining
customer(s) of 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 fabrics by Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Sunbury
Textile Mills, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sunbury Textile Mills,
Inc., Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, LLC, a subsidiary of Ravenwood
International Corp., Sunbury, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of fabrics used for indoor
and outdoor upholstery applications, 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 Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc., Glen Raven
Custom Fabrics, LLC, a subsidiary of Ravenwood
International Corp., Sunbury, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 4, 2019, 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 27th day of March, 2021.
/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance