DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,650

MARKWINS BEAUTY PRODUCTS, INC.
NORTH ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY


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 in response to a petition
received on April 30, 2003 and filed by the United Food and
Commercial Workers International Union, Local 888, on behalf of
workers at Markwins Beauty Products, Inc., North Arlington, New
Jersey. The workers package, distribute and provide support
services for cosmetics produced an affiliated facility in
Brooklyn, New York (TA-W-51,713, certified on May 9, 2003).

The investigation revealed that the subject facility will
close in May/June 2003 and that the subject company is shifting
production abroad and will replace domestic production with
import purchases beginning in May 2003.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cosmetics produced at Markwins
Beauty Products, Inc., North Arlington, New Jersey 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 Markwins Beauty Products, Inc., North
Arlington, New Jersey who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 10, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of May 2003

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