DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,023

MARTIN MILLS, INC.
D/B/A FRUIT OF THE LOOM
JET SEW DEPARTMENT
ST. MARTINSVILLE, LOUISIANA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 28, 2000, and filed
on behalf of workers at Martin Mills, Inc., d/b/a Fruit of the
Loom, Jet Sew Department, St. Martinsville, Louisiana. The workers
produced t-shirts.
The closure of the Jet Sew Department was attributable to the
production being sent offshore.
United States imports of t-shirts increased in 1999 compared
with 1998. The import/shipment ratio for t-shirts exceeded 100
percent in 1999.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with t-shirts produced at Martin Mills, Inc.,
d/b/a Fruit of the Loom, Jet Sew Department, St. Martinsville,
Louisiana, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Martin Mills, Inc., d/b/a Fruit of the Loom,
Jet Sew Department, St. Martinsville, Louisiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 31, 1999, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of October, 2000.

/s/ Linda G. Poole



LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance