DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,327

JO LA FOUNDATION
SEWING AND CUTTING OPERATIONS
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on December 12, 2002 and filed by the Union of
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) on behalf of
workers at JO LA Foundation, Sewing and Cutting Operations,
Brooklyn, New York. The workers produced foundation garments and
are separately identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of foundation
garments to countries (The Dominican Republic and Guatemala) that
are parties to a free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the worker's firm or subdivision to the Dominican Republic and
Guatemala of articles that are like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of JO LA Foundation, Sewing and Cutting
Operations, Brooklyn, New York, engaged in the production of
foundation garments who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 9, 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 February 2003.

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