DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,112

CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURING CO.
D/B/A STANWOOD CORPORATION
PELAHATCHIE, MISSISSIPPI

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 18, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at California Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Stanwood
Corporation, Pelahatchie, Mississippi. The workers at the subject
firm produce men's outerwear.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely during the period of January
through October 2002, when compared to the same period in 2001.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
men's outerwear increased absolutely during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with men's outerwear produced at
California Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Stanwood Corporation,
Pelahatchie, Mississippi 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 California Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Stanwood
Corporation, Pelahatchie, Mississippi who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 5,
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 3rd day of December, 2002


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