DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,153

TRIANGLE APPAREL, INC.
PARSON, TENNESSEE

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 investigation was initiated on November 21, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Triangle Apparel, Inc., Parsons, Tennessee. The
workers at the subject firm produced thermal underwear.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined during the relevant period.

The subject firm shifted plant production to a foreign
source and is now increasing their imports of thermal underwear
back to the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with thermal underwear produced at
Triangle Apparel, Inc., Parsons, Tennessee 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 Triangle Apparel, Inc., Parsons, Tennessee
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 20, 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 13th day of December, 2002.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance