DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,577

ET AL GROUP, INC
NEW YORK, 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 on July 9, 2001 in response to a petition filed by the Amalgamated Ladies= Garment Cutters= Union, UNITE, Local 89-22-1, on behalf of workers at Et Al Group, Inc., New York, New York. The workers are engaged in employment related to the production of apparel.
The investigation revealed that production of samples for ladies day and evening dresses ceased and all workers were separated.
The subject firm is importing samples of finished ladies day and evening dresses.
Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases in imports of articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject firm 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 Et Al Group, Inc., New York, New York, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 22, 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 24th day of September, 2001.

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