DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,026

FESSLERUSA
ORWIGSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-82,026A

SEW MOHR
AN AFFILIATE OF FESSLERUSA
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-82,026B

KEY MANUFACTURING TEXTILES, INC.,
AN AFFILIATE OF FESSLERUSA
ALLENTOWN, PA

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 October 2, 2012 by the company official on
behalf of workers of FesslerUSA, Orwigsburg, PA, (TA-W-
82,026), Sew Mohr, an affiliate of FesslerUSA, Reading, PA,
(TA-W-82,026A) and Key Manufacturing Textiles, Inc., an
affiliate of FesslerUSA, Allentown, PA, (TA-W-
82,026B)(FesslerUSA). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of women's and children's
apparel.
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 and children's apparel by
FesslerUSA have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by FesslerUSA 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
FesslerUSA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of FesslerUSA,
Orwigsburg, PA (TA-W-82,026), Sew Mohr, an affiliate of
FesslerUSA, Reading, PA (TA-W-82,026A) and Key Manufacturing
Textiles, Inc., an affiliate of FesslerUSA, Allentown, PA (TA-
W-82,026B), who are engaged in activities related to the
production of women's and children'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 FesslerUSA, Orwigsburg, PA (TA-W-82,026),
Sew Mohr, an affiliate of FesslerUSA, Reading, PA (TA-W-
82,026A) and Key Manufacturing Textiles, Inc., an
affiliate of FesslerUSA, Allentown, PA (TA-W-82,026B) who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 1, 2011, 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 6th day of November, 2012


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