DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,792

KINSTON APPAREL MANUFACTURING CO.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BROOKS BROTHERS, INC.
KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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
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. 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 August 13, 2001, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Kinston Apparel Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary of
Brooks Brothers, Inc., Kinston, North Carolina. The workers
produce dress shirts and men's boxer shorts.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 1999 to 2000, and
again from 2000 to 2001.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
dress shirts and men's boxer shorts increased relative to plant
production during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with dress shirts and men's boxer
shorts produced by Kinston Apparel Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary
of Brooks Brothers, Inc., Kinston, North Carolina, 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 Kinston Apparel Manufacturing Co., a
subsidiary of Brooks Brothers, Inc., Kinston, North Carolina
engaged in employment related to the production of dress
shirts and men's boxer shorts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 30, 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 25thday of April, 2002.


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