DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,601

MANNER TEXTILE PROCESSING
HALEDON, NEW JERSEY

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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, 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 investigation was initiated on July 21, 2005, in response
to a petition filed by Union Needletrades, Industrial and Textile
Employees on behalf of workers of Manner Textile Processing,
Haledon, New Jersey. The workers were engaged in dying and
finishing of textile (i.e. lining).
The investigation also revealed that sales and employment
declined during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firms’ major
declining customer(s) regarding their purchases of dying and
finishing of textile (i.e. lining) in 2003, 2004 and January
through July 2005 over the corresponding 2004 period. The survey
revealed that customer(s) increased their reliance on imported
dying and finishing of textile (i.e. lining) during relevant
period.
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 conclude that increases of imports of dying and
finishing of textile (i.e. lining) produced by Manner Textile
Processing, Haledon, New Jersey contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales
or production at that firm or subdivision.

In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Manner Textile Processing, Haledon, New Jersey
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after June 29, 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 15th day of September, 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance