DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,125

BENTLEY ARBUCKLE, INC.
DALLAS, TEXAS

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 May 20, 2010 on behalf of workers of Bentley Arbuckle,
Inc., Dallas, Texas (subject firm). The workers were engaged
in employment related to the production of women's clothing,
and were not separately identifiable by product line. The
worker group does not include any on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because all workers were
separated from the workers' firm during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because subject firm
sales and/or production of women's clothing decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with women's clothing
increased during the relevant period. Specifically, U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm increased significantly from
January through September 2010 when compared to the
corresponding 2009 period.
Finally, 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 Dallas,
Texas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bentley Arbuckle,
Inc., Dallas, Texas, who were engaged in employment related to
the production of women's clothing, 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 Bentley Arbuckle, Inc., Dallas, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 14, 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 6th day of December, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen___________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance