DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,976
VF IMAGEWEAR (WEST), INC.
HARRIMAN, TENNESSEE

TA-W-39,976C
VF SERVICES, INC.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE


Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on October
1, 2001, applicable to workers of VF Imagewear (West), Inc.,
Harriman, Tennessee. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on October 19, 2001 (66 FR 5351).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The company
reports that worker separations have occurred at VF Services,
Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville, Tennessee workers
provide administrative functions and technical computer support
for the subject firm's production facilities, including Harriman,
Tennessee.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to
cover the workers of VF Services, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.



The intent of the Department's certification is to include
all workers of VF Imagewear (West), Inc. who were adversely
affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-39,976 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of VF Imagewear (West), Inc., Harriman,
Tennessee (TA-W-39,976) and VF Services, Inc., Nashville,
Tennessee (TA-W-39,976C) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 22, 2000,
through October 1, 2003, 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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,976

VF IMAGEWEAR (WEST) INCORPORATED
HARRIMAN, TENNESSEE

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 September 10, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at
VF Imagewear (West) Inc., Harriman, Tennessee. The workers
produced industrial work shirts, dress shirts, and light soil
shirts.


The investigation revealed that company-wide domestic
production of industrial work shirts, dress shirts, and light
soil decreased in 2000 compared to 1999 and in January-June
2001(est.) compared to the same period in 2000. Subject plant
production decreased in January-June 2001(est.) compared to the
same period in 2000. The subject plant will be permanently closed
in the first two weeks of October 2001.
The investigation further revealed that U.S. imports of
men's and boys' shirts increased in 2000 compared to 1999. In
1999, the ratio of imports to U.S. shipments was over 180%.
Imports of industrial work shirts, dress shirts, and light
soil shirts by VF Imagewear (West) Inc. increased in 2000
compared to 1999 and in January-June 2001 (est.) compared to the
same period in 2000.
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 industrial work shirts, dress shirts,
and light soil shirts produced at VF Imagewear (West) Inc.,
Harriman, Tennessee 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 VF Imagewear (West) Inc., Harriman,
Tennessee who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 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 in Washington, D. C. this 1st day of October 2001

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


Trade Adjustment Assistance