DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,108

CEDAR HILL MANUFACTURING, INC.
ANSONVILLE, 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
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. 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 March 25, 2002, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Cedar Hill Manufacturing, Inc., Ansonville,
North Carolina. The workers produce tee shirts, sweatshirts, and
other knit tops.


The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
declining customers revealed increases in import reliance of tee
shirts, sweatshirts, and other knit tops during the relevant
period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-5914).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Cedar Hill
Manufacturing, Inc., Ansonville, 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 Cedar Hill Manufacturing, Inc., Ansonville,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 25, 2001, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of June, 2002.


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