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Discontinued Operations
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation Disclosures [Abstract]  
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Text Block]
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

The Company has previously either sold or discontinued certain operations that are accounted for as “Discontinued Operations” under the applicable accounting guidance. The Company has certain contingent obligations directly related to such operations, primarily related to self-insured workers compensation and environmental liabilities. Costs related to these obligations for those businesses are classified as discontinued operations. Discontinued operations are summarized as follows:
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Loss on discontinued operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Before income taxes
$
(433
)
 
$
(432
)
 
$
(596
)
Income tax benefit
(147
)
 
(151
)
 
(214
)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
$
(286
)
 
$
(281
)
 
$
(382
)

Workers' Compensation

Undiscounted reserves are maintained for the self-insured workers' compensation obligations. These reserves along with the day-to-day activities are administered by a third party workers' compensation service provider along with oversight by Company personnel. Such reserves are reassessed on a quarterly basis. Pre-tax cost incurred for workers' compensation as a component of discontinued operations was $237 in 2011, $337 in 2010 and $272 in 2009 and primarily represent a change in estimate for each period from unforeseen medical costs associated with the Company's obligations.

Environmental Remediation

Reserves for environmental remediation obligations are established on an undiscounted basis. The Company has ongoing expenses at five previously owned sites that were associated with its discontinued textile businesses. Each of these sites contains relatively low levels of ground or ground water contaminants. Each site has a Corrective Action Plan ("CAP") with the applicable authoritative state regulatory body responsible for oversight for environmental compliance and the Company contracts with third party qualified environmental specialists for related remediation, monitoring and reporting for each location. The CAP for four of these sites involves natural attenuation (degradation of the contaminants through naturally occurring events) over periods currently estimated at 10 to 20 years and the CAP on the remaining site involves a pump and treat remediation process, currently estimated to remediate over a period of 20 to 30 years. Additionally, the Company has an environmental liability related to the property of a facility and related business that was sold in 2004. The CAP, involving an oxidation-based remediation plan, was approved in 2010 and is currently estimated to remediate over a 7 year period beginning in 2010. The Company has an accrual for environmental remediation obligations of $1,733 and $1,662 for December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010, respectively. The actual timeline to remediate, and thus, the ultimate cost to complete such remediation through these remediation efforts, may differ from our estimates and could result in a significant difference.

Pre-tax cost for environmental remediation obligations classified as discontinued operations was $196 in 2011, $95 in 2010 and $324 in 2009. Costs in each of these periods were primarily a result of specific events requiring action and additional expense in each period.