DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,843

VENTURE LACE
HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY

TA-W-38,843A

BRAND MILLS, LTD.
HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY

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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on March 19, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by the New York-New Jersey Regional Joint
Board, UNITE, on behalf of workers at Venture Lace, Hackensack,
New Jersey, and Brand Mills, Ltd., Hackensack, New Jersey. The
workers produced lace.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firms are not importing lace.
The Department of Labor surveyed a major customer of the
subject firms and discovered that the customer did increased import
purchases of lace from January through April 2001 compared to the
same time period of the previous year, but those imports did not
represent a significant percentage of the sales declines in the
same time period. This customer also inceased purchases of lace
from other domestic customers in January through April 2001
compared to the same time period of the previous year.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Venture
Lace, Hackensack, New Jersey, and Brand Mills, Ltd., Hackensack,
New Jersey, 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 June 2001.

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