DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,893
G & K SERVICES, INC.
TEAMWEAR MANUFACTURING DIVISION
LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-61,893A
G & K SERVICES, INC.
TEAMWEAR MANUFACTURING DIVISION
RICHTON, MISSISSIPPI

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 July 30, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of G
& K Services, Inc., Teamwear Manufacturing Division, Laurel,
Mississippi (TA-W-61,893), and G & K Services, Inc., Teamwear
Manufacturing Division, Richton, Mississippi (TA-W-61,893A). The
workers produce men's and women's work shirts and work pants. The
workers are not separately identifiable within their specific
locations.
Workers of both divisions were certified eligible for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition TA-W-54,997 which
expired on July 22, 2006.
The investigation revealed that a significant number or
proportion of workers at both divisions are threatened to become
separated from employment.
The subject firm has shifted a portion of production of men's
and women's work shirts and work pants to a country (the Dominican
Republic) which is a beneficiary country 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 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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to the Dominican Republic 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:
"All workers of G & K Services, Inc., Teamwear Manufacturing
Division, Laurel, Mississippi (TA-W-61,893), and G & K
Services, Inc., Teamwear Manufacturing Division, Richton,
Mississippi (TA-W-61,893A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 25, 2006 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 8th day of August 2007


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