Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/16/2000
Filed Date: 03/26/2001
Most Recent Update: 05/14/2001
Determination Date: 05/14/2001
Expiration Date: 05/14/2003
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,931
I.C. ISAACS & CO., INC.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
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 26, 2001, and filed
by the company on behalf of workers at I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc.,
Baltimore, Maryland. The workers produced t-shirts, jeans and
men's polo shirts.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm declined during the relevant periods.
Aggregate United States imports of men's and boys' trousers,
slacks, jeans and pants and men's and boys'shirts increased in
the twelve months ending September 2000, compared to the same
period one year earlier. The ratio of imports to shipments of
men's and boys' trousers, slacks, jeans and pants, and men's and
boys' shirts exceeded 180 percent in 1999.
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 and boys' trousers, slacks, jeans
and pants and men's and boys t-shirts and polo shirts produced
at I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 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 I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 16, 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 14th day of May, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,931
I.C. ISAACS & CO., INC.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
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 26, 2001, and filed
by the company on behalf of workers at I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc.,
Baltimore, Maryland. The workers produced t-shirts, jeans and
men's polo shirts.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm declined during the relevant periods.
Aggregate United States imports of men's and boys' trousers,
slacks, jeans and pants and men's and boys'shirts increased in
the twelve months ending September 2000, compared to the same
period one year earlier. The ratio of imports to shipments of
men's and boys' trousers, slacks, jeans and pants, and men's and
boys' shirts exceeded 180 percent in 1999.
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 and boys' trousers, slacks, jeans
and pants and men's and boys t-shirts and polo shirts produced
at I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 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 I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 16, 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 14th day of May, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance