DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,299

BRADLEY SCOTT CLOTHES, INC.
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTES

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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 3, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by a company official of Bradley Scott
Clothes, Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts. The workers at the
subject firm manufacture men's and ladies sport coats; workers are
not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
firm declined absolutely upon closure of the facility on June 10,
2005.
Aggregate U.S. imports of men's and boys' dress and sport
coats, and women's and girls' coats and jackets increased from
2003 to 2004.
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 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with men's and ladies' sport coats
produced by Bradley Scott Clothes, Inc., Fall River,
Massachusetts, 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 Bradley Scott Clothes, Inc., Fall River,
Massachusetts, who became totally separated from employment
on June 27, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 28th day of June 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance