Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/27/2002
Filed Date: 06/30/2003
Most Recent Update: 07/22/2003
Determination Date: 07/22/2003
Expiration Date: 07/22/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-52,172
GARAN MANUFACTURING
MARKSVILLE, LOUISIANA
TA-W-52,172A
GARAN MANUFACTURING
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
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 30, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Garan Manufacturing, Marksville, Louisiana (TA-W-52,172) and Garan
Manufacturing, Starkville, Mississippi (TA-W-52,172A). Workers at
the Louisiana facility produced children's pants and workers at the
Mississippi facility produce children's tops.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in a meaningful portion of plant
production of children tops and pants to El Salvador and Honduras
that are beneficiary countries 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 El Salvador and Honduras 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 workers at Garan Manufacturing, Marksville,
Louisiana (TA-W-52,172) and Garan Manufacturing, Starkville,
Mississippi (TA-W-52,172A) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 27, 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 22nd day of July, 2003.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance