DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,730
GARAN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
601 HIGHWAY 12 WEST FACILITY
STARKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-57,730A
GARAN MANUFACTURING EUPORA MISSISSIPPI DISTRIBUTION CENTER
A DIVISION OF GARAN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
500 HIGHWAY 9 SOUTH FACILITY
EUPORA, MISSISSIPPI

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on August 12, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Garan Manufacturing Corporation, 601 Highway 12 West,
Starksville, Mississippi (TA-W-57,730), and Garan Manufacturing
Eupora, Mississippi Distribution Center, a division of Garan
Manufacturing Corporation, Eupora, Mississippi, 500 Highway 9
South, Eupora, Mississippi (TA-W-57,730A). Workers at the
Starksville, Mississippi facility operate in the capacities of
management, quality and production control, clerical,
administrative, accounting, and data entry. Workers at the Eupora,
Mississippi facility perform activities that include receiving,
reprocessing, storage and distribution, clerical and administrative
support.
The investigation revealed that Garan Manufacturing
Corporation, 601 Highway 12 West, Starksville, Mississippi (TA-W-
57,730), and Garan Manufacturing Eupora, Mississippi Distribution
Center, a division of Garan Manufacturing Corporation, Eupora,
Mississippi, 500 Highway 9 South, Eupora, Mississippi (TA-W-
57,730A) do not produce an article within the meaning of Section
222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must be
a relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The workers
described above do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and thus the worker group can
not be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
Garan Manufacturing Corporation, Starksville, Mississippi (TA-
W-57,730) held a previous certification (TA-W-52,172A), which
expired on July 22, 2005.
In addition, 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 worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.


















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained during this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Garan Manufacturing
Corporation, 601 Highway 12 West, Starksville, Mississippi (TA-W-
57,730), and Garan Manufacturing Eupora, Mississippi Distribution
Center, a division of Garan Manufacturing Corporation, Eupora,
Mississippi, 500 Highway 9 South, Eupora, Mississippi (TA-W-
57,730A), are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility 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/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance