DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,433

FULL LINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
d/b/a/
L.A.T. SPORTSWEAR
CANTON, GEORGIA

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 December 18, 2000, and
filed on behalf of workers at Full Line Distributors, Inc. d/b/a
L.A.T. Sportswear, Canton, Georgia. The workers were engaged in
the production of t-shirts, sweatshirts, rompers and dresses.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined to zero with the closing of the subject
facility.
Further findings revealed that the subject firm is
increasingly relying on purchases of t-shirts, sweatshirts,
rompers and dresses from abroad.
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, sweatshirts, rompers and
dresses produced at Full Line Distributors, Inc. d/b/a L.A.T.
Sportswear, Canton, Georgia, 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 Full Line Distributors, Inc. d/b/a L.A.T.
Sportswear, Canton, Georgia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 6, 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 26th day of December, 2000.


/s/ Linda G. Poole



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