DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,512

VF IMAGEWEAR (WEST), INC.
CLARKSVILLE, 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 January 8, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at VF Imagewear
(West), Inc., Clarksville, Texas. The workers produce men's
industrial work shirts.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
04433). A decision on workers eligibility in that case will be
made concurrently with this.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased during the period under
investigation.
The investigation also revealed that company imports
increased in the relevant period causing separations at the
subject plant.
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 men's industrial work shirts at VF
Imagewear (West), Inc., Clarksville, Texas, contributed impor-

tantly 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 VF Imagewear (West), Inc., Clarksville,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from em-

ployment on or after December 19, 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 2nd day of February, 2001.


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