DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,878

RICHARD LEEDS, INTERNATIONAL
SCOTLAND NECK, NORTH CAROLINA

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
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 19, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at
Richard Leeds, International, Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The
workers were engaged in employment related to the distribution of
women's and girl's sleepwear.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Richard Leeds,
International, Scotland Neck, North Carolina, do not produce an
article within the meaning of Section 250(A) of the Act. The
Department of Labor has consistently determined that the
performance of services does not constitute production of an
article, as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Workers of Richard Leeds, International, Scotland Neck, North
Carolina may be certified only if their separation was caused
importantly by a reduced demand for their services from a parent
firm, a firm otherwise related to the subject firm by ownership, or
a firm related by control. Additionally, the reduction in demand
for services must originate at a production facility whose workers
independently meet the statutory criteria for certification and the
reduction must directly relate to the product impacted by imports.
These conditions have not been met for workers at the subject firm.

Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Richard
Leeds, International, Scotland Neck, North Carolina are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 17th day of May 2001.

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