Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/19/2008
Filed Date: 05/21/2009
Most Recent Update: 07/28/2009
Determination Date: 07/28/2009
Expiration Date: 07/28/2011
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-70,374
VANITY FAIR BRANDS, LP
JACKSON KNITTING FACILITY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FRUIT OF THE LOOM
JACKSON, ALABAMA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.
II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:
(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.
III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Vanity Fair Brands, LP, Jackson Knitting Facility, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Jackson, Alabama. The
workers produce greige fabric, which is shipped to an affiliated
plant where it is used in the production of cut, dyed, and
finished fabric for garments.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Jackson
Knitting Facility who are engaged in employment related to the
production of greige fabric meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number and
portion of workers have been separated and further separations
are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject workers
were part of an integrated production process supporting
production at two affiliated Vanity Fair Brands, LP divisions:
the Cutting Department and the Dyeing and Finishing Department,
Monroeville, Alabama. Workers at these two divisions were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance on July 5,
2007 based an acquisition of cut fabric from Mexico (TA-W-
61,494). Workers at the Jackson Knitting Facility are affected
by the same factors that led to the certification of the workers
engaged in the production of cut, dyed, and finished fabric for
garments at the affiliated facilities.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of cut
fabric from Mexico by Vanity Fair Brands, LP contributed
importantly to separations of workers at an earlier stage of
production at the Jackson Knitting Facility which produced
greige fabric.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vanity Fair Brands,
LP, Jackson Knitting Facility, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Fruit of the Loom, Jackson, Alabama, who are engaged in
employment related to greige fabric meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Vanity Fair Brands, LP, Jackson Knitting
Facility, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom,
Jackson, Alabama, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 19, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on date of certification through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of July, 2009
/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-70,374
VANITY FAIR BRANDS, LP
JACKSON KNITTING FACILITY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FRUIT OF THE LOOM
JACKSON, ALABAMA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.
II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:
(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.
III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Vanity Fair Brands, LP, Jackson Knitting Facility, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Jackson, Alabama. The
workers produce greige fabric, which is shipped to an affiliated
plant where it is used in the production of cut, dyed, and
finished fabric for garments.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Jackson
Knitting Facility who are engaged in employment related to the
production of greige fabric meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number and
portion of workers have been separated and further separations
are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject workers
were part of an integrated production process supporting
production at two affiliated Vanity Fair Brands, LP divisions:
the Cutting Department and the Dyeing and Finishing Department,
Monroeville, Alabama. Workers at these two divisions were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance on July 5,
2007 based an acquisition of cut fabric from Mexico (TA-W-
61,494). Workers at the Jackson Knitting Facility are affected
by the same factors that led to the certification of the workers
engaged in the production of cut, dyed, and finished fabric for
garments at the affiliated facilities.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of cut
fabric from Mexico by Vanity Fair Brands, LP contributed
importantly to separations of workers at an earlier stage of
production at the Jackson Knitting Facility which produced
greige fabric.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vanity Fair Brands,
LP, Jackson Knitting Facility, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Fruit of the Loom, Jackson, Alabama, who are engaged in
employment related to greige fabric meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Vanity Fair Brands, LP, Jackson Knitting
Facility, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom,
Jackson, Alabama, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 19, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on date of certification through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of July, 2009
/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance