DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,729

FUN-TEES, INC.
SEWING PLANT
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA

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 May 9, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Fun-Tees,
Inc., Sewing Plant, Concord, North Carolina. The workers were engaged
in employment related to the production of men's and women's T-shirts
(sewing and cutting of samples).
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of T-shirts (samples)
to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I conclude that there were layoffs and a shift in production from the
subject firm to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with the cotton products produced by the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Fun-Tees, Inc., Sewing Plant, Concord, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 6, 2002 through two years from the
date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of May, 2003.


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