Corrected Copy 4/6/05

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,771

KERN MANUFACTURING
A SUBSIDIARY OF LEADING LADY
FLORA, ILLINOIS

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 March 16, 2005 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Kern Manufacturing, a
subsidiary of Leading Lady, Flora, Illinois. Workers produce
surgical bras.
Employment at the subject firm will decline with the closure
of the Flora plant in March of 2005.
The decline in employment at the subject plant is related to a
shift in production of surgical bras to a country (El Salvador)
that is a beneficiary under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act.
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 firm 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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to El Salvador of articles
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Kern Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Leading
Lady, Flora, Illinois who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 14, 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 24th day of March, 2005.

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