DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,840

MINI LACE, INC.
HIALEAH, FLORIDA

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles produced by the firm or appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute decline in sales or production.




The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on August 20, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers of Mini Lace, Inc., Hialeah, Florida. The workers produce lace for intimate apparel.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm=s major customers. These surveys indicated that the subject firm customers did not purchase lace for intimate apparel from foreign sources.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Mini Lace, Inc., Hialeah, Florida, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of November, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance