Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 11/07/2000
Filed Date: 12/17/2001
Most Recent Update: 02/15/2002
Determination Date: 02/15/2002
Expiration Date: 05/09/2004
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,449
CLEBERT'S HOSIERY MILL, INC.
CONNELLY SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of March 29, 2002, the company requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department=s
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on February 15, 2002, based on the finding
that imports of socks did not contribute importantly to worker
separations at the Connelly Springs plant. The denial notice was
published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2002 (67 FR
9324).
The company requested that the Department examine industry
data concerning the amount of sock imports entering the United
States.
A review of relevant industry data, not available during the
initial investigation, shows that sock imports increased
significantly in the 2001 period indicating an increased reliance
on imported socks during the 2001 period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Clebert's
Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly Springs, North Carolina, contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Clebert's Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly
Springs, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 7, 2000
through two years from the date of this certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of May 2002.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,449
CLEBERT'S HOSIERY MILL, INC.
CONNELLY SPRINGS, 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 December 17, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Clebert's Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly Springs, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of socks.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Socks are not being imported by the subject firm.
A customer survey was conducted of the subject firms' major
customers regarding their purchases of socks during the relevant
period. The survey revealed no purchases of socks from foreign
sources or from other domestic sources that had socks wholly
manufactured in a foreign country.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Clebert's Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly Springs, 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 15th day of February, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,449
CLEBERT'S HOSIERY MILL, INC.
CONNELLY SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of March 29, 2002, the company requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department=s
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on February 15, 2002, based on the finding
that imports of socks did not contribute importantly to worker
separations at the Connelly Springs plant. The denial notice was
published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2002 (67 FR
9324).
The company requested that the Department examine industry
data concerning the amount of sock imports entering the United
States.
A review of relevant industry data, not available during the
initial investigation, shows that sock imports increased
significantly in the 2001 period indicating an increased reliance
on imported socks during the 2001 period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Clebert's
Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly Springs, North Carolina, contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Clebert's Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly
Springs, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 7, 2000
through two years from the date of this certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of May 2002.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,449
CLEBERT'S HOSIERY MILL, INC.
CONNELLY SPRINGS, 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 December 17, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Clebert's Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly Springs, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of socks.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Socks are not being imported by the subject firm.
A customer survey was conducted of the subject firms' major
customers regarding their purchases of socks during the relevant
period. The survey revealed no purchases of socks from foreign
sources or from other domestic sources that had socks wholly
manufactured in a foreign country.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Clebert's Hosiery Mill, Inc., Connelly Springs, 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 15th day of February, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance