DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,868

GE-RAY FABRICS
MORGANVILLE, NEW JERSEY

TA-W-50,868A

LUSTAR DYE AND FINISHING
ASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
the group eligibility requirements for a supplier firm under
Section 222(b) must be met. It has been determined in this case
that the requirements are met.
The investigation was initiated on February 12, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at
two affiliated facilities, Ge-Ray Fabrics, Morganville, New Jersey
(TA-W-50,868) and Lustar Dye and Finishing, Ashville, North
Carolina (TA-W-50,868A). The workers at the subject firms produced
textile (fabric) and dying/finishing of fabric, respectively.

The investigation revealed that employment at both
facilities declined during 2002 over the 2001 period.
The investigation also revealed that Ge-Ray Fabrics,
Morganville, New Jersey (TA-W-50,868)and Lustar Dye and
Finishing, Ashville, North Carolina (TA-W-50,868A) are suppliers
of fabric. The subject firm lost at least 35 percent of its
business with a producer of apparel (primary-firm), whose workers
were issued a certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that a loss of business with a primary
firm, contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers producing fabric at Ge-Ray Fabrics, Morganville, New Jersey
(TA-W-50,868)and Lustar Dye and Finishing, Ashville, North Carolina
(TA-W-50,868A).



In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Ge-Ray Fabrics, Morganville, New Jersey (TA-W-
50,868) and Lustar Dye and Finishing, Ashville, North Carolina
(TA-W-50,868A)who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 26, 2002 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 at Washington, D.C., this 11th day of April, 2003.


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