DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,992

FIVE-M APPAREL, INC.
TRENTON, TENNESSEE

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 12, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Five-M Apparel, Inc. The workers produced
cheerleader apparel.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
cheerleader apparel, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated by the subject firm.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of cheerleader apparel by the subject firm
have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the cheerleader
apparel produced by the subject firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of cheerleader apparel by customers of
the subject firm contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Five-M Apparel, Inc.,
Trenton, Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of cheerleader apparel 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 Five-M Apparel, Inc., Trenton, Tennessee,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 10, 2008, 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 4th day of February 2010.


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