DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,012

VANITY FAIR BRANDS, LP
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FRUIT OF THE LOOM
MONROEVILLE DYE FINISH FACILITY
MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA

TA-W-71,012A

VANITY FAIR BRANDS, LP
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FRUIT OF THE LOOM
MONROEVILLE ADMINISTRATION
MONROEVILLE, 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 June 5, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
and former workers of Vanity Fair Brands, LP, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Monroeville Dye Finish
Facility, Monroeville, Alabama (TA-W-71,012); and Vanity Fair
Brands, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom,
Monroeville Administration, Monroeville, Alabama (TA-W-71,012A).
The workers of the Monroeville Dye Finish Facility produced dyed
and finished intimate apparel fabric. The workers of Monroeville
Administration are engaged in administrative support of the dyed
and finished intimate apparel fabric production.
The workers of the Monroeville Dye Finish Facility were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under TA-
W-61,494A; the workers of Monroeville Administration were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under TA-
W-61,494C. Both certifications expired on July 5, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of both Monroeville
facilities who are engaged in employment related to the
production of dyed and finished intimate apparel fabric meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number and
portion of workers have been separated from both Monroeville
facilities.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted abroad the production of dyed and finished
intimate apparel fabric.
Criterion III has been met because the shift abroad of
dyed and finished intimate apparel fabric by Vanity Fair
Brands, LP contributed importantly to worker group separations
at both the Monroeville Dye Finish Facility and Monroeville
Administration.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vanity Fair Brands,
LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Monroeville
Dye Finish Facility, Monroeville, Alabama; and Vanity Fair
Brands, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom,
Monroeville Administration, Monroeville, Alabama, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of dyed and
finished intimate apparel 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, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Monroeville Dye Finish
Facility, Monroeville, Alabama (TA-W-71,012); and Vanity
Fair Brands, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruit of the
Loom, Monroeville Administration, Monroeville, Alabama (TA-
W-71,012A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 6, 2009, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the 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 14th day of September, 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner


_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance