DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,502

GERTRUDE DAVENPORT
A DIVISION OF THE TOG SHOP, INC.
AMERICUS, 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 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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on February 4, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Gertrude Davenport, a division of The Tog Shop, Inc.,
Americus, Georgia. The workers at the subject firm produce women's
sportswear.
The investigation revealed that sales and production at the
subject firm declined between 2003 and 2004. Employment at the
subject firm declined from January of 2004 to January of 2005.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
women's sportswear increased during the relevant period and are
replacing production at Gertrude Davenport.
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 of workers at the division 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 women's sportswear produced at
Gertrude Davenport, a division of The Tog Shop, Inc., Americus,
Georgia 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 Gertrude Davenport, a division of The Tog
Shop, Inc., Americus, Georgia who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 4, 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 10th day of March 2005

/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance