DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,606

CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURING CO.
CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI

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 July 9, 2001, and filed by the UNITE! AFL-CIO, CLC
Union on behalf of workers at California Manufacturing Co.,
California, Missouri. The workers were engaged in the production
of men's outerwear.


The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined to zero on June 8, 2001 when the Cali-
fornia plant closed. The investigation further revealed that
California Manufacturing Co., California, Missouri is now
importing men's outerwear for sale in the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increased imports from offshore of
articles like or directly competitive with men's outerwear
produced at California Manufacturing Co., California, Missouri,
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 California Manufacturing Co., California,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 19, 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 8th day of March, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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