DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,919

JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
MILLEN, GEORGIA

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, 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 on August 16, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Jockey International Inc., Millen, Georgia, engaged in
sewing and packaging women's and men's undergarment tops and
bottoms. The workers are separately identifiable from the workers
cutting fabric pieces at the same plant.
The preponderance in the decline in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in sewing and packaging women's and
men's undergarments to countries (Honduras, El Salvador, Jamaica,
and Costa Rica) that are beneficiary countries under the Caribbean
Basin Economic Recovery Act.
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 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 there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Jamaica, Costa Rica, Honduras
and El Salvador of articles that are like or directly competitive
with those produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:


"Workers of Jockey International Inc., Millen, Georgia,
engaged in sewing and packaging, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 16,
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 28th day of August 2006



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