DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,172

CARTHARTT INC.
GALESBURG, ILLINOIS

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 September 20, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Carthartt Inc., Galesburg, Illinois. The workers at
the subject firm produce jackets with hoods. They are not
separately identifiable by articles produced.
This investigation revealed that the decline in employment
at the Galesburg plant is related to a shift in production of
jackets with hoods to Mexico, a country that is either a party
to a free trade agreement or a beneficiary country 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 determine that there has been a shift in
production from Carhartt Inc., Galeburg, Illinois to Mexico of
articles that are like or directly competitive with jackets with
hoods produced by that firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Carthartt Inc., Galesburg, Illinois who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 19, 2006 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 1st day of October 2007


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