DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,261

AMERICAN UNIFORM CO.
HEADQUARTERS/CLEVELAND DIVISION
CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE

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 October 5, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
American Uniform Co., Headquarters/Cleveland Division, Cleveland,
Tennessee. The workers do measuring, cutting, and hemming work on
men's and women's work pants and are also engaged in warehousing,
distribution, and administration services.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition TA-W-55,914 which
expired on December 3, 2006.
The investigation revealed that a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm are threatened to become
separated from employment.
The subject firm has shifted a portion of production of men's
and women's 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 of 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 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 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 American Uniform Co., Headquarters/Cleveland
Division, Cleveland, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 4,
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 10th of October 2007


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