DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,134

WILLIAMSON-DICKIE MANUFACTURING CO.
EAGLE PASS #19
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS

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 30, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Williamson-
Dickie Manufacturing Company, Eagle Pass #19, Eagle Pass, Texas.
The workers produce denim jeans, shorts, and bib overalls.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
04784).
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2000 as compared with 1999.
Company closed July 6, 2001.
The investigation also revealed that company imports
increased in the 1999 as compared with the same period in 2000
and 100% of its garments will be imported started in July 2001
causing separations at the subject plant.
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 dress and casual pants, shorts and
skirts at Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company, Eagle Pass
#19, Eagle Pass, Texas, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or 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 Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company,
Eagle Pass #19, Eagle Pass, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 10,
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 13th day of July, 2001.


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