DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,561

ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARAMARK CORPORATION
ARAMARK UNIFORM CAREER APPAREL MANUFACTURING DIVISION
LAWRENCEVILLE, 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 December 8, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a state workforce representative
on behalf of workers of Aramark Uniform Services, a subsidiary
of Aramark Corporation, Aramark Uniform Career Apparel
Manufacturing Division, Lawrenceville, Georgia. The workers at
the subject firm produced cut and sewn uniform apparel; they are
not separately identifiable by product.
This investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment at the subject firm is related to a shift
in production of cut and sewn uniform apparel to Mexico, a
country that is party to a free trade agreement with the United
States.
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 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 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 conclude that there has been a shift in
production from Aramark Uniform Services, a subsidiary of
Aramark Corporation, Aramark Uniform Career Apparel
Manufacturing Division, Lawrenceville, Georgia to Mexico of
articles that are like or directly competitive with the uniform
apparel produced by that firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Aramark Uniform Services, a subsidiary of
Aramark Corporation, Aramark Uniform Career Apparel
Manufacturing Division, Lawrenceville, Georgia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 7, 2005, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 December, 2006


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