DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,933

VIGORELLI SPORTSWEAR
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING INC.
MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 on June 3, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on
behalf of the workers at Vigorelli Sportswear, McMinnville,
Tennessee. The workers produce outerwear and loungewear.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product
line.
The investigation also revealed that Vigorelli
Sportswear, McMinnville, Tennessee, also leased workers
from Strategic Outsourcing, Inc., McMinnville, Tennessee.
The investigation further revealed that sales and
employment at the subject firm declined from January
through May 2003 when compared to the same time period in
2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
major customers regarding their purchases of outerwear and
loungewear. The surveys revealed that the customers have
increased imports and also shifted the production of
outerwear and loungewear during the relevant time period to
Mexico and the Dominican Republic.










Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of
articles like or directly competitive with outerwear and
loungewear produced at Vigorelli Sportswear, McMinnville,
Tennessee contributed importantly to the decline in sales
or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Vigorelli Sportswear, McMinnville,
Tennessee, and leased workers of Strategic
Outsourcing, Inc., producing outerwear and loungewear
at Vigorelli Sportswear, McMinnville, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 22, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 11th day of July 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance