DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,236

WINKY TEXTILES, INC.
HAUPPAUGE, 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 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 in response to a petition
received on May 14, 2001, and filed by a company official on
behalf of all workers at Winky Textiles, Inc., Hauppauge, New
York. The workers produce print and knit fabric and provided
management, sales and support services and were not separately
identifiable by product line or by location.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject plant in the relevant period.
 The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the major
customers of the subject firm regarding purchases of print and
knit fabric. The results of the survey show that the major
customers increased their purchases of imported print and knit
fabric in the relevant period, while reducing purchases from
Winky Textiles, Inc.
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 print and knit fabric produced at Winky
Textiles, Inc., Hauppauge, New York contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or 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 Winky Textiles, Inc., Hauppauge, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 24, 2000, through two years from the date of
this certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of July, 2001.

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