DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,546

CLASSIC KNITTING MILLS, INC.
GREENSBORO, 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 on May 13, 2002, in response
to the negative NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance
determination issued for workers at Classic Knitting Mills, Inc.,
Greensboro, North Carolina, petition NAFTA-5387. The workers
produce knitted fabric for golf shirts.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to
2001.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customer regarding its purchases of knitted fabric revealed
increases in imports of knitted fabric during the period under
investigation.
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 Classic
Knitting Mills, Inc., Greensboro, 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 Classic Knitting Mills, Inc., Greensboro,
North Carolina engaged in employment related to the production
of knitted fabric, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 6, 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 14th day of June, 2002.

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