DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,212

OBG DISTRIBUTION, LLC
A DIVISION OF OSHKOSH B'GOSH, INC.
GAINESBORO, 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 July 2, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the United Food and
Commercial Workers International Union on behalf of workers
at OBG Distribution, LLC, a division of OshKosh B'Gosh,
Gainesboro, Tennessee. The workers at the subject firm
produced children's clothing.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
children's clothing to foreign countries and subsequent
imports following the shift abroad.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in
production from the workers' firm to a foreign country of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has
been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:








"All workers of OBG Distribution, LLC, a division of
OshKosh B'Gosh, Gainesboro, Tennessee who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 30, 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 9th day of July, 2003.

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