DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,683

PLAID CLOTHING COMPANY, INC.
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY

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 23, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Plaid Clothing Company, Inc., Somerset, Kentucky. The workers
produce men's suits, jackets and pants.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
05074).
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased from 1999 to 2000 and continues
downward as the company has increased its imports of men's suits,
jackets and pants in 2000 as compared with the same period 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 men=s suits, jackets and pants at
Plaid Clothing Company, Inc., Somerset, Kentucky, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accor-

dance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Plaid Clothing Company, Inc., Somerset,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from em-

ployment on or after June 4, 2001, through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjust-

ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 24th day of August, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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