DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,939

J-SPORTS, INC.
CARYVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 February 24, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at J-Sport, Inc., Caryville, Tennessee. The workers at
the subject firm produced athletic uniforms (practice
shorts/pants and football girdles). These workers are
separately identifiable from all other workers at the facility.

The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
athletic uniforms to foreign country and subsequent imports
following the shift abroad.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm to a foreign country of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of J-Sport, Inc., Caryville, Tennessee,
engaged in employment related to the production of athletic
uniforms, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 14, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of April 2003.

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