DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,058

GARDEN STATE CUTTING CO., INC.
PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY

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 April 16, 2001, and filed
on behalf of workers at Garden State Cutting Co., Inc., Passaic,
New Jersey. The workers were engaged in the production of
women's and children's sportswear and lingerie.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant
periods.
United States imports of women's and children's sportswear
and lingerie increased in the twelve months ending September,
2000, compared to the same period one year earlier. 


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 women's and children's sportswear and
lingerie produced at Garden State Cutting Co., Inc., Passaic,
New Jersey, 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 Garden State Cutting Co., Inc., Passaic, New
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 28, 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 8th day of June, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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