DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,104

ALEXANDER DOLL COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK


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 eligibility 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 23, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the Amalgamated, Industrial and
Toy and Novelty Workers of America, Local 223, on behalf of
workers at Alexander Doll Company, Inc., New York, New York.
Workers are engaged in activity related to the production of
dolls, doll clothing, and doll accessories. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that the subject company
increased import purchases of dolls, doll clothing, and doll
accessories during the period of employment and production
declines at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Alexander
Doll Company, Inc., New York, New York, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales and production and to the total or
partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Alexander Doll Company, Inc., New York, New
York, engaged in the production of dolls, doll clothing, and
doll accessories, who are totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 9, 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 24th day of July 2002.


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance