DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,092

JACOBSON HAT COMPANY, INC.
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 January 13, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Jacobson Hat Company, Inc., Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The workers produce novelty and souvenir hats.
The investigation revealed that workers of Jacobson Hat
Company, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to the
production of novelty and souvenir hats, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated over the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
production of novelty and souvenir hats by Jacobson Hat
Company, Inc. has decreased absolutely over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the novelty and
souvenir hats produced by Jacobson Hat Company, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and production declines at Jacobson Hat
Company, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jacobson Hat Company,
Inc., Scranton, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment
related to production of novelty and souvenir hats, 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 Jacobson Hat Company, Inc., Scranton,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 7, 2010, 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 7th day of April, 2011

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance