DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,169

RED CAP-VF WORKWEAR
VF IMAGEWEAR
MATHISTON, MISSISSIPPI

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 May 7, 2001, and filed on
behalf of workers at Red Cap-VF Workwear, Mathiston, Mississippi.
The workers produced work clothes.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant
period.
The subject firm increased their imports of work clothes
during relevant time period contributing to the 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 work clothes produced at Red Cap-VF
Workwear, VF Imagewear, Mathiston, Mississippi, 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 Red Cap-VF Workwear, VF Imagewear,
Mathiston, Mississippi who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 23, 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 17th day of May, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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