DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,286

YALE SPORTSWEAR CORPORATION
FEDERALSBURG, MARYLAND

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 12, 2013 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Yale Sportswear Corporation, Federalsburg,
Maryland. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of athletic apparel (i.e. shorts, tops, custom
uniforms). Workers are not separately identifiable by product
line.
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 is acquiring from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the athletic apparel produced by the
workers which is contributing importantly to worker group
separations at Yale Sportswear Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Yale Sportswear
Corporation, Federalsburg, Maryland, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of athletic 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 Yale Sportswear Corporation, Federalsburg,
Maryland, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 11, 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 2nd day of January, 2014.

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