DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,361

DON SHAPIRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
ACTION WEST DIVISION
EL PASO, TEXAS

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 November 27, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Don Shapiro
Industries, Inc., Action West Division, El Paso, Texas. The
workers produce ladies' apparel.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm decreased during the period under investigation. The investigation also revealed that the company imports of
ladies' apparel increased in the relevant period.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for TAA, petition number TA-W-34,394, which
expired May 12, 2000.
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 ladies' apparel at Don Shapiro
Industries, Inc., Action West Division, El Paso, Texas, contrib-

uted importantly to the decline in sales or and to the total or
partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Don Shapiro Industries, Inc., Action West
Division, El Paso, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 13, 2000, 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 26th day of December, 2000.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance