DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,189

SOUTHERN GLOVE MANUFACTURING CO, INC.
KNITTING DEPARTMENT
NEWTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 7, 2001, and filed by workers on behalf of all
workers at Southern Glove Manufacturing Company, Inc., Knitting
Department, Newton, North Carolina. The workers produce knit
gloves and machine knit work gloves and are not separately
identifiable by product line.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject plant in the relevant period.
 The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the major
customer of the subject firm regarding purchases of machine knit
work gloves. The results of the survey show that the major
customers increased their import purchases of machine knit work
gloves the relevant period, while reducing purchases from
Southern Glove Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with machine knit work gloves produced at
Southern Glove Manufacturing Company, Inc., Knitting Department,
Newton, North Carolina, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Southern Glove Manufacturing Company, Inc.,
Knitting Department, Newton, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 20, 2000, through two years from the date of this
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-

tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of July, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance