DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

EAGLE KNITTING MILLS

TA-W-39,070
SHAWANO, WISCONSIN

AND

TA-W-39,070A
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN



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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

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

 The investigation was initiated on April 23, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by Local #1567 of the Union of Needletrades,
Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE!) and a company official on
behalf of workers at Eagle Knitting Mills, Inc., Shawano,
Wisconsin, and Kenosha, Wisconsin. The affected workers are engaged
in work related to the production of children's apparel.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4581).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this.
This investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major customer regarding purchases of children's apparel.
The survey revealed that there were no customer imports of
children's apparel during the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Eagle
Knitting Mills, Inc., Shawano, Wisconsin, and Kenosha, Wisconsin,
are denied eligibility 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