DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,608

ELBECO INCORPORATED
CITY SHIRT COMPANY DIVISION
FRACKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 March 6, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of from Elbeco Incorporated, City Shirt Company
Division, Frackville, Pennsylvania (herein referred to as
"Elbeco"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of woven uniforms.
The subject worker group was previously covered under case
TA-W-82,403, based on a foreign acquisition of articles, which
was certified on February 12, 2013. This certification expired
as of February 12, 2015.
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 woven uniforms by Elbeco have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Elbeco 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
Elbeco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Elbeco Incorporated,
City Shirt Company Division, Frackville, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of woven
uniforms 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 Elbeco Incorporated, City Shirt Company
Division, Frackville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 5,
2017 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 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance