DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,259

COLABRIA FASHIONS, INC.
NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK

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 October 21, 2002, and filed by Union of Needle
Trades Industrial & Textile Employees on behalf of workers at
Colabria Fashions, Inc., New Rochelle, New York. The workers at
the subject firm are engaged in employment related to the
production of ladies apparel including dresses, skirts, &
blouses.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined from 2000 to 2001. Additionally, in the period of time
January through August of 2002, sales and employment at the
subject firm declined when compared to the same time period in
2001.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States aggregate imports of
ladies apparel including dresses, skirts, & blouses 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 Colabria
Fashions, Inc., New Rochelle, New York, 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 Colabria Fashions, Inc., New Rochelle, New
York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 11, 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 30th day of October, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance