DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,097

S. GOLDBERG & CO., INC.
HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY

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, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met – the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 15, 2002 and filed by the New Jersey
Department of Labor on behalf of workers at S. Goldberg & Co.,
Inc., Hackensack, New Jersey. The workers produce house slippers.
The investigation revealed that a significant portion of
workers at the subject company have been separated or are
threatened with separation from employment and that sales and
production at the subject company declined absolutely during the
relevant time period.
The investigation also revealed that imports by the subject
company increased significantly during the period of sales and
production decline at the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with house slippers produced at S.
Goldberg & Co., Inc., Hackensack, New Jersey contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production and at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:



"All workers of S. Goldberg & Co., Inc., Hackensack, New
Jersey who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 4, 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, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 29th day of November 2002.

/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance