DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,495
VF IMAGEWEAR (EAST), INC.
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA

INCLUDING EMPLOYEES OF VF IMAGEWEAR (EAST),
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA LOCATED IN
GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA, DALLAS, TEXAS,
PORTLAND, OREGON and SALISBURY, MARYLAND

TA-W-38,495C
VF IMAGEWEAR (EAST), INC.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS


Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on April
17, 2001, applicable to workers of VF Imagewear (East), Inc.,
Martinsville, Virginia. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on May 3, 2001 (66 FR 22262). The certification was
amended on December 14, 2001 to include employees of the
Martinsville, Virginia facility of the subject firm located in
Golden Valley, Minnesota, Dallas, Texas, Portland, Oregon and
Salisbury, Maryland.
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The company
reports that worker separations have occurred at The Brownsville,
Texas location of VF Imagewear (East), Inc. The Brownsville,
Texas workers provide warehousing and distribution services for
the subject firm's production facilities, including Martinsville,
Virginia.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to
cover the workers of VF Imagewear (East), Inc., Brownsville,
Texas.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include
all workers of VF Imagewear (East), Inc. who were adversely
affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-38,495 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of VF Imagewear (East), Inc., Martinsville,
Virginia, including workers of the Martinsville, Virginia
facility located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Dallas, Texas,
Portland, Oregon and Salisbury, Maryland (TA-W-38,495) and
VF Imagewear (East), Inc., Brownsville, Texas (TA-W-38,495C)
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 13, 1999, through April 17, 2003, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed at Washington D.C. this 3rd day of July, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance