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TAW-71748  /  Jockey International, Inc. (Carlisle, KY)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/20/2008
Filed Date: 07/21/2009
Most Recent Update: 09/24/2009
Determination Date: 09/24/2009
Expiration Date: 09/24/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,748

JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CARLISLE, KENTUCKY

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. (Set forth in 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 July 21, 2009 by the Company official on behalf of
workers of Jockey International, Inc., Carlisle, Kentucky. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the repair of
sewing machines. The workers are not separately identifiable by
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Jockey
International, Inc., Carlisle, Kentucky, who are engaged in
activities related to the repair of sewing machine services
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in the repair of sewing machines by Jockey International,
Inc., Carlisle, Kentucky to the Honduras.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the repair
of sewing machine services by Jockey International, Inc.,
Carlisle, Kentucky to the Honduras contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Jockey International, Inc.,
Carlisle, Kentucky.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jockey International,
Inc., Carlisle, Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related
to the repair of sewing machine services, 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 Jockey International, Inc., Carlisle,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 20, 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 24th day of September, 2009


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