Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/02/2000
Filed Date: 05/21/2001
Most Recent Update: 07/02/2001
Determination Date: 07/02/2001
Expiration Date: 07/02/2003
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,293
INNOVO, INC.
INNOVO GROUP, INC.
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
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 in response to a petition
received on May 21, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at
Innovo, Inc, Innovo Group, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee. The
workers are involved activity related to the production of tote
bags, aprons, coolers, fanny packs, and Christmas stockings.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined during the relevant period.
The company has ceased domestic production at the Knoxville,
Tennessee plant and is that production with import purchases of
like or directly competitive articles.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with tote bags, aprons, coolers,
fanny packs, and Christmas stockings produced at Innovo, Inc.,
Innovo Group, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, 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 Innovo, Inc., Innovo Group, Inc., Knoxville,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 2, 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 2nd day of July, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,293
INNOVO, INC.
INNOVO GROUP, INC.
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
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 in response to a petition
received on May 21, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at
Innovo, Inc, Innovo Group, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee. The
workers are involved activity related to the production of tote
bags, aprons, coolers, fanny packs, and Christmas stockings.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined during the relevant period.
The company has ceased domestic production at the Knoxville,
Tennessee plant and is that production with import purchases of
like or directly competitive articles.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with tote bags, aprons, coolers,
fanny packs, and Christmas stockings produced at Innovo, Inc.,
Innovo Group, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, 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 Innovo, Inc., Innovo Group, Inc., Knoxville,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 2, 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 2nd day of July, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance