DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,174

CHARLES NAVASKY AND CO., INC.
DOING BUSINESS AS DON MART CLOTHES, INC.,
ROCKET APPAREL, INC., AND WALTON WEAR, INC.
PHILIPSBURG, 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;
(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 December 16, 2011 by three workers on behalf of
workers of Charles Navasky and Co., Inc., doing business as Don
Mart Clothes, Inc., Rocket Apparel, Inc., and Walton Wear
Inc., Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. The workers’ firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of men’s suits and
clergy robes.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the firm,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Charles Navasky and Co., Inc., doing business as Don Mart
Clothes, Inc., Rocket Apparel, Inc., and Walton Wear, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Charles Navasky and
Co., Inc., doing business as Don Mart Clothes, Inc., Rocket
Apparel, Inc., and Walton Wear, Inc., Philipsburg,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of men’s suits and clergy robes 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 Charles Navasky and Co. Inc., doing
business as Don Mart Clothes, Inc., Rocket Apparel, Inc.,
and Walton Wear, Inc., Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, 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 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 2nd day of February, 2012.

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