DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,053

PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
FIELDALE, VIRGINIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on September 5, 2000, filed on behalf of workers at
Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldale, Virginia. The petitioners provided
clerical support for the production of towels at the plant.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Pillowtex did not import towels in 1998, 1999 or through
August 2000.
The subject plant experienced slight declines in sales and
levels of employment. The company, however, reports no major
declining customers. When the worker separations occurred at the
Fieldale plant, January through August 2000, the plant production
of towels increased compared to January through August 1999.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldale, Virginia, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 4th day of December 2000.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance