DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,102

WESTERN TEXTILE PRODUCTS COMPANY
HEALTHCARE DIVISION
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

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 June 20, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
at Western Textile Products Company, Healthcare Division,
Memphis, Tennessee. The workers at the subject firm produced
reusable incontinent pads.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
firm declined from January through May in 2003 when compared to
the same time period in 2002.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
reusable incontinent pads 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 was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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:
"All workers of Western Textile Products Company,
Healthcare Division, Memphis, Tennessee, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 12,
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 3rd day of July 2003


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