DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,455

RIVOLI MILLS
JASPER, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade 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 June 18, 2001, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Rivoli Mills, Jasper, Tennessee. The workers produced men=s and women=s shirts.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject plant decreased during the period under investigation.



Unites States imports of both men=s and boys= shirts, and of women=s and girls= blouses and shirts, increased in 2000 compared with 1999. The ratio of imports to domestic shipments in both categories was over 180 percent in 1999.
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 insulated copper wire produced at Rivoli Mills, Jasper, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Rivoli Mills, Jasper, Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 29, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of September 2001.


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