DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,006

FORECASTER OF BOSTON
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

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 on February 27, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Forecaster of Boston, Fall River, Massachusetts. The
workers at the subject facility produce ladies' coats.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of ladies'
coats to a country (Dominican Republic) that is a beneficiary under
the Carribean Basin Economic Recovery Act.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to the Dominican Republic 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 Forecaster of Boston, Fall River,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 5, 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 11th day of March 2003

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