DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,234

KELLWOOD COMPANY
MENSWEAR-MIDWESTERN DIVISION
CALHOUN CITY, 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 July 8, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by a company official at Kellwood Company,
Menswear-Midwestern Division, Calhoun City, Mississippi. The
workers at the subject facility were engaged in fabric cutting,
processing and sample testing; they were not separately
identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in fabric cutting, processing and
sample testing 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 Kellwood Company, Menswear-Midwestern
Division, Calhoun City, Mississippi who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 26, 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 4th day of August, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance