DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,438

UNITED VEIL DYEING AND FINISHING
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appro-
priate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on June 18, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile
Employee (UNITE), NY-NJ Regional Joint Board, on behalf of workers
at United Veil Dyeing and Finishing, Jersey City, New Jersey. The
workers produced primarily dyed and finished lace.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department conducted a survey of manufacturers for whom
the subject firm performed contract work in 1999 and 2000. The
survey revealed that none of the respondents imported dyed and
finished lace in the relevant period.
The Department conducted a secondary survey of customers of
the manufacturers for whom the subject firm performed contract work
regarding their purchases of dyed and finished lace in 1999 and
2000. The survey revealed that none of the respondents imported
dyed and finished lace in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of United
Veil Dyeing and Finishing, Jersey City, New Jersey are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 29th day of January, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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