DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,186

RENFRO HOSIERY
MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA

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
eligibility 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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on May 7, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by employees at Renfro Hosiery, Mount Airy,
North Carolina. The workers produced socks.
The investigation revealed that criteria (3) has not
been met.
The increased imports which the company has anticipated have
yet to commence, and until such imports begin the employees will
remain ineligible. The workers of Renfro Hosiery, Mount Airy,
North Carolina were certified under NAFTA-TAA (NAFTA- 4702) on
May 23, 2001.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Renfro
Hosiery, Mount Airy, North Carolina are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of June, 2001

/s/ Edward Tomchick

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Edward Tomchick
Program Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance