DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,910

JOAN FABRICS CORPORATION
MASTERCRAFT SALES AND DESIGN
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-58,910A

INCLUDING EMPLOYEES OF JOAN FABRICS CORPORATION MASTERCRAFT AND
SALES AND DESIGN, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 17, 2006,
applicable to workers of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Mastercraft
Sales and Design, Fall River, Massachusetts. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2006 (71 FR
19209).
At the request of the State agency and company officials,
the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the
subject firm. New information shows that worker separations have
occurred involving employees of the Fall River, Massachusetts
facility of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Mastercraft Sales and
Design who are located in New York, New York.
Ms. Jeanne Chun, Ms. Kerry Burke and Ms. Alicia Harvin
provided sales and designing function services for the
Mastercraft Sales and Design of the Fall River, Massachusetts
location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include employees of the Fall River,
Massachusetts facility of Joan Fabrics, Mastercraft Sales and
Design who are located in New York, New York.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Mastercraft Sales and
Design, Fall River, Massachusetts who were adversely affected by
shift in production to Mexico by Joan Fabrics Corporation.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-58,910 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Mastercraft
Sales and Design (TA-W-58,910), including employees in
support of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Mastercraft Sales
and Design, Fall River, Massachusetts located in
New York, New York (TA-W-58,910A), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
February 21, 2005, through March 17, 2008, 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 27th day of August 2007.


/s/ Linda G. Poole__________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance




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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,910

JOAN FABRICS CORPORATION
MASTERCRAFT SALES AND DESIGN
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 24, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Mastercraft Sales and Design,
Fall River, Massachusetts. The workers are engaged in fabric
design and administrative support activities.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at
the subject firm is directly related to a shift in production to
Mexico by the firm’s affiliate, Mastercraft Fabrics LLC in
Spindale, North Carolina, whose workers are certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance.
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 group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
that the requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the subject firm are age 50
or over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions in the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that a shift in production from the
workers’ firm or subdivision to Mexcio of articles that are like or
directly competitive with those produced by that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Joan Fabrics Corporation, Mastercraft Sales
and Design, Fall River, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 21,
2005, 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 17th day of March 2006.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance








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