DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,204

THE TIE KING, INCORPORATED
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK


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 January 4, 2010 by Workers United, SEIU on
behalf of workers of The Tie King, Incorporated, Brooklyn, New
York (Tie King). The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of ties and are not separately identifiable
by article produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tie King, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of ties,
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Tie King has been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because production
at Tie King has decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive to ties produced by Tie
King have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of ties directly competitive to those
produced by Tie King contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and production declines at the Brooklyn, New
York facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Tie King,
Incorporated, Brooklyn, New York, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of ties, 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 The Tie King, Incorporated, Brooklyn, New
York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 17, 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 9th day of July, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance