DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,198

THE LYCRA COMPANY, LLC

WAYNESBORO, 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), 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;

(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR

(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND

(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 18, 2020, by a Union Official for the United

Workers, Inc., Local 381 of IBDW, on behalf of workers of The
LYCRA Company, LLC, Waynesboro, Virginia. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of synthetic
fibers utilized in the manufacture of fabric for apparel and
personal care products. The branded names for these fiber
products are LYCRA® Fiber and LYCRA HyFit® Fiber.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the articles produced, and acquired
from a foreign country articles like or directly competitive with
the articles produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to the worker group separations at The LYCRA Company, LLC,
Waynesboro, Virginia.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The LYCRA Company, LLC,
Waynesboro, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of synthetic fibers utilized in the manufacture
of fabric for apparel and personal care products, 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 The LYCRA Company, LLC, Waynesboro,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 17, 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 15th day of January, 2021


/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance