DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,534

VF JEANSWEAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
A SUBSIDIARY OF VF CORPORATION
SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI

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 March 7, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of VF Jeanswear Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of
VF Corporation, Saltillo, Mississippi (VF Jeanswear). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the supply of
trucking and administrative services.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers of the subject firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened with
total or partial separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the supply of
services like or directly competitive with trucking and
administrative services supplied by the subject workers, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at VF
Jeanswear.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of VF Jeanswear
Limited Partnership, Saltillo, Mississippi, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of trucking and
administrative services, 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 VF Jeanswear Limited Partnership, a
subsidiary of VF Corporation, Saltillo, Mississippi, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 6, 2012 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 14th day of March, 2013

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