Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/20/2000
Filed Date: 07/02/2001
Most Recent Update: 11/15/2001
Determination Date: 11/15/2001
Expiration Date: 11/15/2003
Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,565C
THOMASTON MILLS, INC.
CORPORATE OFFICE
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE OF THOMASTON MILLS, INC.
CORPORATE OFFICE, THOMASTON, GEORGIA
LOCATED IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on November 15, 2001, applicable to workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2001 (66 FR 59817).
At the request of a petitioner, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows that a worker separation occurred involving an employee of the Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia facility of Thomaston Mills, Inc., located in Arlington Heights, Illinois. This employee was engaged in employment related to the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories at the Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this certification to include an employee of the Corporate Office of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Thomaston, Georgia, located in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
The intent of the Department=s certification is to include all workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc. adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-39,565C is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia, including a worker the Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia, located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, engaged in employment related to the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 20, 2000, through November 15, 2003, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 4th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,565A
THOMASTON MILLS, INC.
FINISHING DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on November 15, 2001, applicable to workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Consumer Department, Thomaston, Georgia engaged in the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories. All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Apparel Department, Thomaston, Georgia were denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance. The notice was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2001 (66 FR 59817).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. Findings show that the Department limited its certification coverage to workers of the subject firms= Finishing Consumer Department in the Finishing Division engaged in the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories. The workers employed in the Finishing Apparel Department were denied eligibility because they did not meet the group eligibility requirements of the Trade Act. The company provides new information indicating that the workers are not separately identifiable within the Finishing Division.
It is the intent of the Department to include "all workers" of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, Georgia adversely affected by increased imports.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification determination to include all workers in the Finishing Division.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-39,565A is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from employment on after June 20, 2000, through November 15, 2003, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 6th day of December 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,565
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
PEERLESS DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565A
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
FINISHING DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565B
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
LAKESIDE DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565C
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
CORPORATE OFFICE
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565D
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
NEW YORK OFFICE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Notice of Determinations 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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on July 2, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers and former workers at Thomaston Mills Inc., Peerless Division, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565); Thomaston Mills Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565A); Thomaston Mills Inc., Lakeside Division, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565B); and, Thomaston Mills Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565C); and, Thomaston Mills Inc., Sales Office, New York, New York (TA-W-39,565D). The workers produced sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories; textiles for home furnishings; and, piece dyed goods. Workers in the Peerless Division produced greige woven fabric used in the integrated manufacturing of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and accessories in other divisions of the company; and, for sale to other home furnishing manufacturers. Workers in the Finishing Division fabricated sheets, dyed and finished textiles for home furnishings and apparel markets and were engaged in warehousing and distribution of apparel fabrics and consumer goods. Workers in the Lakeside Division cut, sewed and packaged and shipped pillowcases, sheets and comforters and accessories. Workers in the Corporate Office were engaged in administrative and sales activities. The company=s New York Office is a sales office.
Sales of textiles for home furnishings accounted for a very minor percentage of consumer sales in January-March 2001.
It has been determined with respect to production of dyed and finished twill fabrics for apparel (piece-dyed goods) that criterion (3) has not been met.
U.S. imports of dyed 3- or 4- thread twill fabric, less than 85 percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibers, less than or equal to 200g/m2 decreased in January-August 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
The Department conducted a survey of major customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of piece-dyed goods in 1999, 2000, and January-March 2001. The survey revealed that a respondent, which accounted for an insignificant percentage of the subject firm=s sales of apparel fabrics in January-March 2001, increased its purchases of piece-dyed goods from foreign firms while decreasing its purchases from the subject firm in 2000 compared to 1999.
It has been determined with respect to production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories that all of the criteria have been met.
U.S. imports of quilts, eiderdowns, comforters, outer shell of other textile material increased in 2000 compared to 1999.
U.S. imports of sheets and pillowcases increased both absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments in 2000 compared to 1999.
The Department conducted a survey of major customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and accessories in January-March 2000 and January-March 2001. The survey revealed that a respondent which accounted for a significant percentage of consumer division sales in January-March 2001, increased its purchases of products purchased from other domestic firms wholly manufactured in a foreign country while decreasing its purchases from the subject firm in January-March 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
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 sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories 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 Thomaston Mills Inc., Peerless Division, Thomaston, Georgia; Thomaston Mills Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Consumer Department, Thomaston, Georgia; Thomaston Mills Inc., Lakeside Division, Thomaston, Georgia; and, Thomaston Mills Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia; and, Thomaston Mills Inc., New York Office, New York, New York engaged in employment related to the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 20, 2000 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
"I further determine that all workers at Thomaston Mills Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Apparel Department, Thomaston, Georgia are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 15th day of November, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,565C
THOMASTON MILLS, INC.
CORPORATE OFFICE
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE OF THOMASTON MILLS, INC.
CORPORATE OFFICE, THOMASTON, GEORGIA
LOCATED IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on November 15, 2001, applicable to workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2001 (66 FR 59817).
At the request of a petitioner, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows that a worker separation occurred involving an employee of the Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia facility of Thomaston Mills, Inc., located in Arlington Heights, Illinois. This employee was engaged in employment related to the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories at the Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this certification to include an employee of the Corporate Office of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Thomaston, Georgia, located in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
The intent of the Department=s certification is to include all workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc. adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-39,565C is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia, including a worker the Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia, located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, engaged in employment related to the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 20, 2000, through November 15, 2003, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 4th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,565A
THOMASTON MILLS, INC.
FINISHING DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on November 15, 2001, applicable to workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Consumer Department, Thomaston, Georgia engaged in the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories. All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Apparel Department, Thomaston, Georgia were denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance. The notice was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2001 (66 FR 59817).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. Findings show that the Department limited its certification coverage to workers of the subject firms= Finishing Consumer Department in the Finishing Division engaged in the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories. The workers employed in the Finishing Apparel Department were denied eligibility because they did not meet the group eligibility requirements of the Trade Act. The company provides new information indicating that the workers are not separately identifiable within the Finishing Division.
It is the intent of the Department to include "all workers" of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, Georgia adversely affected by increased imports.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification determination to include all workers in the Finishing Division.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-39,565A is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from employment on after June 20, 2000, through November 15, 2003, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 6th day of December 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,565
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
PEERLESS DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565A
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
FINISHING DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565B
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
LAKESIDE DIVISION
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565C
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
CORPORATE OFFICE
THOMASTON, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,565D
THOMASTON MILLS INCORPORATED
NEW YORK OFFICE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Notice of Determinations 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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on July 2, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers and former workers at Thomaston Mills Inc., Peerless Division, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565); Thomaston Mills Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565A); Thomaston Mills Inc., Lakeside Division, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565B); and, Thomaston Mills Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia (TA-W-39,565C); and, Thomaston Mills Inc., Sales Office, New York, New York (TA-W-39,565D). The workers produced sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories; textiles for home furnishings; and, piece dyed goods. Workers in the Peerless Division produced greige woven fabric used in the integrated manufacturing of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and accessories in other divisions of the company; and, for sale to other home furnishing manufacturers. Workers in the Finishing Division fabricated sheets, dyed and finished textiles for home furnishings and apparel markets and were engaged in warehousing and distribution of apparel fabrics and consumer goods. Workers in the Lakeside Division cut, sewed and packaged and shipped pillowcases, sheets and comforters and accessories. Workers in the Corporate Office were engaged in administrative and sales activities. The company=s New York Office is a sales office.
Sales of textiles for home furnishings accounted for a very minor percentage of consumer sales in January-March 2001.
It has been determined with respect to production of dyed and finished twill fabrics for apparel (piece-dyed goods) that criterion (3) has not been met.
U.S. imports of dyed 3- or 4- thread twill fabric, less than 85 percent by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibers, less than or equal to 200g/m2 decreased in January-August 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
The Department conducted a survey of major customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of piece-dyed goods in 1999, 2000, and January-March 2001. The survey revealed that a respondent, which accounted for an insignificant percentage of the subject firm=s sales of apparel fabrics in January-March 2001, increased its purchases of piece-dyed goods from foreign firms while decreasing its purchases from the subject firm in 2000 compared to 1999.
It has been determined with respect to production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories that all of the criteria have been met.
U.S. imports of quilts, eiderdowns, comforters, outer shell of other textile material increased in 2000 compared to 1999.
U.S. imports of sheets and pillowcases increased both absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments in 2000 compared to 1999.
The Department conducted a survey of major customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and accessories in January-March 2000 and January-March 2001. The survey revealed that a respondent which accounted for a significant percentage of consumer division sales in January-March 2001, increased its purchases of products purchased from other domestic firms wholly manufactured in a foreign country while decreasing its purchases from the subject firm in January-March 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
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 sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories 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 Thomaston Mills Inc., Peerless Division, Thomaston, Georgia; Thomaston Mills Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Consumer Department, Thomaston, Georgia; Thomaston Mills Inc., Lakeside Division, Thomaston, Georgia; and, Thomaston Mills Inc., Corporate Office, Thomaston, Georgia; and, Thomaston Mills Inc., New York Office, New York, New York engaged in employment related to the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related accessories who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 20, 2000 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
"I further determine that all workers at Thomaston Mills Inc., Finishing Division, Finishing Apparel Department, Thomaston, Georgia are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 15th day of November, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance