DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,981

NEW ERA CAP COMPANY, INC.
DEMOPOLIS DIVISION
DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA

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 April 22, 2010 by a company official and an Alabama
state workforce official on behalf of workers of New Era Cap
Company, Inc., Demopolis, Alabama. The workers produce small
lot fashion custom headwear.
The investigation revealed that workers of New Era Cap
Company, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of small lot fashion custom headwear, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of small lot fashion custom headwear by New
Era Cap Company have decreased absolutely over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
small lot fashion custom headwear by New Era Cap Company have
increased. Specifically, the subject firm has increased its
imports as it consolidates domestic manufacturing to a company
facility in Buffalo, New York.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of small lot fashion custom headwear by New
Era Cap Company contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at New Era Cap
Company in Demopolis.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of New Era Cap Company,
Inc., Demopolis, Alabama, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of small lot fashion custom headwear, 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 New Era Cap Company, Inc., Demopolis,
Alabama, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 19, 2009, 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 25th day of June, 2010


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance