DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,935

T-SHIRT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MANPOWER TEMPORARY AGENCIES,
AND UNITED TALENT
CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA

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 November 24, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers at T-Shirt International, LLC, Culloden, West
Virginia. The workers produce printed and embroidered sports
apparel. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Express Professional Services, Manpower Temporary
Agencies, and United Talent.
The investigation revealed that workers of T-Shirt
International, LLC who are engaged in employment related to
production of printed and embroidered sports apparel meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers were separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of printed and embroidered sports apparel
produced by T-Shirt International, LLC have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because T-Shirt
International, LLC has increased imports of printed and
embroidered sports apparel during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the Culloden,
West Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of T-Shirt
International, LLC, Culloden, West Virginia, who are engaged in
employment related to production of printed and embroidered
sports 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 T-Shirt International, LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Express Professional Services,
Manpower Temporary Agencies, and United Talent, Culloden,
West Virginia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 18, 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 23rd day of April, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance