DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,077

H & H SEWING
BLAINE, MINNESOTA

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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 18, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by workers of H & H Sewing, Blaine,
Minnesota. The workers produce caps and pillow cases.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined at the subject facility during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that major customer(s) of
the subject firm increased their imports of caps during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with caps produced at H & H Sewing,
Blaine, Minnesota, 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 H & H Sewing, Blaine, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 1, 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 30th day of July 2003.

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