Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/24/2001
Filed Date: 03/12/2001
Most Recent Update: 03/30/2001
Determination Date: 03/30/2001
Expiration Date: 03/30/2003
Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
WILKINS INDUSTRIES, INC.
TA-W-38,790
MCRAE, GEORGIA
TA-W-38,790B
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
TA-W-38,790C
NEW YORK SALES OFFICE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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 of Labor issued a Notice of Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on March 30, 2001, applicable to workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc., McRae, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2001 (66 FR 22006).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The company reports that worker separations occurred at the Jefferson, Georgia and the New York Sales Office, New York, New York locations of Wilkins Industries, Inc. The Jefferson, Georgia workers are engaged in the production of women=s jeanswear. The New York Sales Office workers provide sales, designing and marketing function services for the subject firm=s production facilities including McRae, Georgia.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending the certification to include workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc., Jefferson Georgia and the New York Sales Office, New York, New York.
The intent of the Department=s certification is to include all workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc. who were adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-38,790 is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc., Athens, Georgia (TA-W-38,790), Jefferson, Georgia (TA-W-38,790B) and New York Sales Office, New York, New York (TA-W-38,790C) who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 24, 2001, through March 30, 2003, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.@
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of October, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________ Linda G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
WILKINS INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
TA-W-38,790 MCRAE, GEORGIA
TA-W-38,790A ATHENS, 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 March 12, 2001 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers and former workers at Wilkins Industries, Incorporated, McRae, Georgia and Athens, Georgia. The workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to the production of women's jeans.
The investigation revealed that the company has increased its reliance on imported women=s jeans while decreasing production and employment at McRae, Georgia and Athens, Georgia during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with women=s jeans produced at Wilkins Industries Incorporated, Athens, and McRae, Georgia contributed importantly to the decline in production 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 Wilkins Industries Incorporated, Athens, Georgia and McRae, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 24, 2001 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 30th day of March, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
WILKINS INDUSTRIES, INC.
TA-W-38,790
MCRAE, GEORGIA
TA-W-38,790B
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
TA-W-38,790C
NEW YORK SALES OFFICE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
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 of Labor issued a Notice of Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on March 30, 2001, applicable to workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc., McRae, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2001 (66 FR 22006).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The company reports that worker separations occurred at the Jefferson, Georgia and the New York Sales Office, New York, New York locations of Wilkins Industries, Inc. The Jefferson, Georgia workers are engaged in the production of women=s jeanswear. The New York Sales Office workers provide sales, designing and marketing function services for the subject firm=s production facilities including McRae, Georgia.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending the certification to include workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc., Jefferson Georgia and the New York Sales Office, New York, New York.
The intent of the Department=s certification is to include all workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc. who were adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-38,790 is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Wilkins Industries, Inc., Athens, Georgia (TA-W-38,790), Jefferson, Georgia (TA-W-38,790B) and New York Sales Office, New York, New York (TA-W-38,790C) who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 24, 2001, through March 30, 2003, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.@
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of October, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________ Linda G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
WILKINS INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
TA-W-38,790 MCRAE, GEORGIA
TA-W-38,790A ATHENS, 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 March 12, 2001 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers and former workers at Wilkins Industries, Incorporated, McRae, Georgia and Athens, Georgia. The workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to the production of women's jeans.
The investigation revealed that the company has increased its reliance on imported women=s jeans while decreasing production and employment at McRae, Georgia and Athens, Georgia during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with women=s jeans produced at Wilkins Industries Incorporated, Athens, and McRae, Georgia contributed importantly to the decline in production 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 Wilkins Industries Incorporated, Athens, Georgia and McRae, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 24, 2001 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 30th day of March, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance