Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/19/2004
Filed Date: 11/09/2004
Most Recent Update: 12/08/2004
Determination Date: 12/08/2004
Expiration Date: 12/08/2006
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,969
OXFORD SLACKS
A SUBSIDIARY OF OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.
MONROE, 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, 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 November 9, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Oxford Slacks, a subsidiary of Oxford Industries,
Inc., Monroe, Georgia. The workers are engaged in activities
services related to the production of men's slacks.
The investigation revealed that employment declined at the
subject firm June through October 2004 over the corresponding
2003 period.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
printed men's slacks to a country, Mexico, party to a Free Trade
Agreement with the United States.
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 addition, 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 workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the men's slacks industry are
adverse.
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 men's slacks produced by
the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"Workers of Oxford Slacks, a subsidiary of Oxford
Industries, Inc., Monroe, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 19,
2004, 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 8th day of December 2004.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance