DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,173

FACEMATE CORPORATION
GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on June 30, 2004 and filed on behalf of workers at
Facemate Corporation, Greenwood, South Carolina. The workers
produce interlinings for shirts.
The investigation revealed that Facemate Corporation,
Greenville, South Carolina, supplies interlinings for men's
woven dress and sports shirts, and a loss of business with a
manufacturer (whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the workers
separation or threat of separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Facemate Corporation,
Greenwood, South Carolina, qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Facemate Corporation, Greenwood, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 29, 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, as amended."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 19th day of July 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance