DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,503

TURNER INDUSTRIES II, LTD
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on January 2, 2001, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Turner
Industries II, Ltd., Mayfield, Kentucky. The workers produced
labels for activewear/knitted apparel.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The petitioners allege imports of t-shirts caused
separations at the subject plant. Imports of t-shirts, however,
cannot be used as a basis for certification of workers producing
labels under the Trade Act of 1974. Only imports of labels can
be considered in such determinations.
The subject firm did not import labels.
Further findings revealed that a principal cause of
separations at the Mayfield plant is the transfer of production
to other domestic facilities. Sales at the subject firm did not
decline in the relevant time period.
Conclusion

After careful review, I determine that all workers of Turner
Industries II, Ltd., Mayfield, Kentucky, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of February, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole


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