DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,461

RENFRO CORPORATION
SOUTH PITTSBURG, TENNESSEE

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 on April 29, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the company official on behalf of
workers and former workers at Renfro Corporation, South
Pittsburg, Tennessee. The workers are engaged in the production
of socks.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
levels at the subject firm decreased during the relevant period.
The company augmented an established reliance on imports of like
and directly competitive products during the same period.
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 socks produced at Renfro Corporation,
South Pittsburg, Tennessee contributed importantly to the decline
in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Renfro Corporation, South Pittsburg,
Tennessee who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 8, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of July, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance