DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,935

JEFF HAMILTON COLLECTIONS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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 in response to a petition
received on September 12, 2005 and filed by the WIA-Worksource
Case Manager of California on behalf of workers at Jeff Hamilton
Collections, Los Angeles, California. The workers were engaged
in employment related to the production of men's leather and wool
jackets.
The investigation revealed that plant sales and employment
declined during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that U.S. aggregate
imports of men's and boys' coats, jackets, vests, and ski apparel
increased in 2004 over the corresponding 2003 period. In the
2004 period the ratio of U.S. imports to U.S. shipments of men's
and boys' coats and jackets was well over 900 percent.
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 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 subject facility are
over age 50 and do not possess skills that are 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 leather and wool jackets
produced at Jeff Hamilton Collections, Los Angeles, California
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 Jeff Hamilton Collections, Los Angeles,
California who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 1, 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 19th day of October, 2005.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance