DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,661

GLOVES CUT & SEW, INC.
ALBEMARLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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 August 22, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Gloves Cut & Sew, Inc., Albemarle, North Carolina.
The workers produce t-shirts.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined at the subject firm from 2001 to 2002 and also declined
from January through June 2003 when compared to the same time
period 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
customers regarding their purchases of t-shirts. The surveys
revealed that the customers have increased their reliance on
foreign purchases from 2001 to 2002 and also from January
through July 2003 when compared to the same time period in 2002.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with t-shirts produced at Gloves
Cut & Sew, Inc., Albemarle, North Carolina contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Gloves Cut & Sew, Inc., Albemarle, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 18, 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 and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of September, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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