DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,570

VANITY FAIR BRANDS, LP
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FRUIT OF THE LOOM
DISTRIBUTION CENTER #2
MONROEVILLE, 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:
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. (Set forth in 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 August 30, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vanity Fair Brands, LP, a subsidiary of Fruit of the
Loom, Distribution Center # 2, Monroeville, Alabama (Vanity
Fair Brands, LP). The workers are engaged in activities related
to production and distribution of intimate apparel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vanity Fair
Brands, LP, who are engaged in activities related to
production of intimate apparel, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been totally or partially separated or
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
is in the process of shifting the production of intimate apparel
to Honduras and Haiti.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of intimate apparel by Vanity Fair Brands, LP,
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Vanity
Fair Brands, LP.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vanity Fair Brands,
LP, a subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom, Distribution Center #
2, Monroeville, Alabama, who are engaged in employment related
to production and distribution of intimate 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 Vanity Fair Brands, LP, a subsidiary of
Fruit of the Loom, Distribution Center # 2, Monroeville,
Alabama, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 24, 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 22nd day of September, 2010


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