DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,002

GFSI, INC.
DBA GEAR FOR SPORTS
CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 24, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of GFSI, Inc., dba GEAR for Sports, Chillicothe,
Missouri. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of custom decorated leisure wear including t-
shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants and shorts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country production of custom
decorated leisure wear like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at GFSI, Inc., dba GEAR for Sports,
Chillicothe, Missouri.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GFSI, Inc., dba GEAR
for Sports, Chillicothe, Missouri, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of custom decorated leisure
wear 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 GFSI, Inc., dba GEAR for Sports,
Chillicothe, Missouri, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 13, 2010,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on December 20, 2011 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 9th day of December, 2011.


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