DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,238

WESTPOINT STEVENS BED, BATH AND LINEN OUTLET STORE
A DIVISION OF WESTPOINT STEVENS SOTRES, INC.
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker 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.
The investigation was initiated on December 21, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of WestPoint
Stevens Bed, Bath and Linens Outlet Store, a division of
WestPoint Stevens Stores, Inc., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The workers are engaged in retail sales of bed and bath linens.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The investigation revealed that although
production of an article(s) occurred within the parent firm or
appropriate subdivision, the retail sales workers described
above do not support production. Thus, the worker group cannot
be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
WestPoint Stevens Bed, Bath and Linens Outlet Store, a division
of WestPoint Stevens Stores, Inc., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of January 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance