DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,249

JUMP CLOTHING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SWEET RAIN APPAREL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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 18, 2012 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Jump Clothing, Inc., a subsidiary of
Sweet Rain Apparel, Los Angeles, California (subject firm).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of women's apparel. The subject worker group
includes workers engaged in employment specifically related to
cutting and sewing women's apparel. There are no on-site
leased workers.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of women's apparel by the subject firm have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
women's apparel produced by the subject firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jump Clothing,
Inc., a subsidiary of Sweet Rain Apparel, Los Angeles,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of women's 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 Jump Clothing, Inc., a subsidiary of
Sweet Rain Apparel, Los Angeles, California, 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 20th day of April, 2012


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance