DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,520

GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
DEBBIE'S STAFFING AND AMERISTAFF
MARTINSVILLE, 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:
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 February 19, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Gildan Activewear, Inc., Martinsville, Virginia. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the distribution of
apparel. Worker group includes on-site leased workers of
Debbie's Staffing and Ameristaff.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because all workers at the
subject firm have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted service it originally provided to an affiliate
site in Honduras.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in service
by the subject firm to Honduras contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the subject firm.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gildan Activewear,
Inc., including on-site leased workers of Debbie's Staffing and
Ameristaff, Martinsville, Virginia, who are engaged activities
related to the distribution of 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 Gildan Activewear, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Debbie's Staffing and Ameristaff,
Martinsville, Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 16, 2009
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 11th day of June, 2010


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