DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,140

SWEATER PROJECT CORP.
NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY

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 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 May 25, 2010 on behalf of the workers of Sweater
Project Corp., North Bergen, New Jersey. The workers are
engaged activities related to production of knitted sweater
fabric.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sweater Project
Corp., North Bergen, New Jersey, who are engaged in activities
related to production of knitted sweater fabric, meet the
following criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been satisfied because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the successor-in-
interest to the workers' firm has shifted production of
knitted sweater fabric to a foreign country during the
relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker separations
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sweater Project
Corp., North Bergen, New Jersey, who are engaged in activities
related to production of knitted sweater fabric, 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 Sweater Project Corp., North Bergen, New
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 11, 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 10th day of August, 2010


/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance