DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,928

PERKY CAP COMPANY INC.
EATONTON, GEORGIA

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), 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 November 4, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Perky Cap
Company Inc., Eatonton, Georgia. The workers at the subject
facility produced hats and caps and are not separately
identifiable.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined absolutely during the periods of 2002, 2003, and
January to September 2004, when compared to the same time period
the previous year. The subject facility closed on October 28,
2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
major declining customers regarding their purchases of hats and
caps. These surveys revealed increases in imports of hats and
caps during the period under investigation.
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 facility 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 hats and caps produced at
Perky Cap Company Inc., Eatonton, Georgia, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that facility or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Perky Cap Company Inc., Eatonton, Georgia,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 1, 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, 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 15th day of December, 2004

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