DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,615

ALFRED PAQUETTE
DIVISION OF BYER CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Certification 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.
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 in response to a petition
received on July 19, 2005, and filed on behalf of workers at Alfred
Paquette, Division of Byer California, Los Angeles, California.
The workers produced women's and girls' clothing (skirts and
blouses).
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of women's and girls' clothing to China, and
subsequently importing those products into the United States.
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 China of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Alfred Paquette, Division of Byer California,
Los Angeles, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 13, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of August 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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