Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/18/2018
Filed Date: 12/19/2019
Most Recent Update: 04/21/2020
Determination Date: 04/21/2020
Expiration Date: 04/21/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,496
E-LO SPORTSWEAR LLC
SAMPLE MAKING TEAM
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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 19, 2019 on behalf of workers and former
workers of E-Lo Sportswear LLC, Sample Making Team, New York,
New York (E-Lo Sportswear-Sample Makers). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of sportswear.
Workers of E-Lo Sportswear-Sample Makers are engaged in
activities related to the production of samples. The subject
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in E-Lo Sportswear-Sample
Makers 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 has acquired from a foreign country the production of
samples like or directly competitive with the samples produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at E-Lo Sportswear-Sample Makers.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of E-Lo Sportswear-
Sample Makers, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of samples, 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 E-Lo Sportswear LLC, Sample Making Team,
New York, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 18, 2018,
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 21st day of April 2020.
/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance