DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,053

WHISPERING PINES SPORTSWEAR
MANUFACTURING DIVISION
PAGELAND, SOUTH 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 on June 17, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Whispering Pines Sportswear, Manufacturing Division,
Pageland, South Carolina. The workers at the subject firm
produced shirts.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment
at the subject plant were related to a shift in production of
shirts to Guatemala, which is a beneficiary country under the
Caribbean 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 Guatemala 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:
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Whispering Pines Sportswear, Manufacturing
Division, Pageland, South Carolina who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 17,
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 30th day of June, 2003.

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