DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,478

GREAT YEARS GARMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), 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 March 11, 2004, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Great Years Garments,
San Francisco, California. The workers at the subject firm produce
men's golf jackets and shirts.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject facility decreased from 2002 to 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customer regarding its purchases of golf jackets and shirts in 2002
through March of 2004. The survey revealed increases in imports
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with men's golf jackets and shirts
produced at Great Years Garments, San Francisco, California
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Great Years Garments, San Francisco,
California who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 2, 2003, 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 27th day of April 2004.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance