DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,730

CARDINAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
GRUNDY, VIRGINIA

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 February 26, 2001, and
filed on behalf of workers at Cardinal Industries, Inc., Grundy,
Virginia. The workers produce coaches jackets and baseball
jackets.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant
periods.
The subject firm increased imports of assorted jackets in
the relevant time period causing separations at the plants. 

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 coaches jackets and baseball jackets
produced at Cardinal Industries, Inc., Grundy, Virginia,
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 Cardinal Industries, Inc., Grundy, Virginia
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 8, 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 5th day of April, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole


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