DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,278

BRELI ORIGINALS INC.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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. 100-148), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eli-
gibility 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 in response to a petition
received on November 6, 2000, filed by UNITE, Local 23-25, on
behalf of workers at Breli Originals Inc., New York, New York.
The workers produced dresses.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant ex-
perienced decreases in sales and employment and closed on May 22,
2000.



United States aggregate imports of women's and girls'
dresses increased during the twelve month period ended June 2000,
compared with the same period one year earlier. In 1999 the ratio
of imports to domestic shipments was over 128 percent.
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 those produced by Breli Originals Inc.,
New York, New York, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales and 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 at Breli Originals Inc., New York, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 23, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 28th day of December 2000.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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