DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,221

J&M MANUFACTURING, LLC
EL PASO, TEXAS

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 6, 2012 on behalf of workers of J&M
Manufacturing, LLC, El Paso, Texas. The firm produces
apparel.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm as well as the U.S.
Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade
Commission.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of apparel by J&M Manufacturing, LLC, El
Paso, Texas have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
apparel produced by J&M Manufacturing, LLC, El Paso, Texas
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at J&M
Manufacturing, LLC, El Paso, Texas.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of J&M Manufacturing,
LLC, El Paso, Texas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of 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 J&M Manufacturing, LLC, El Paso, Texas,
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, 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 31st day of January, 2012

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