Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 08/20/2000
Filed Date: 09/17/2001
Most Recent Update: 10/15/2001
Determination Date: 10/15/2001
Expiration Date: 10/15/2003
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,999
GERBER CHILDRENSWEAR, INC.
PELZER, SOUTH 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 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 September 17, 2001, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Gerber Childrenswear, Inc., Pelzer, South Carolina. The workers produce children's bed and bath goods such as blankets and towels.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA - 05270).
This investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject firm decreased in January-August 2001 as compared with the same period in 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports increased in January-August 2001 as compared with 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 children's bed and bath goods such as blankets and towels at Gerber Childrenswear, Inc., Pelzer, South Carolina, contributed importantly to the decline in sales 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 Gerber Childrenswear, Inc., Pelzer, South Carolina, engaged in employment related to the production of children's bed and bath products such as blankets and towels, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 20, 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 15th day of October, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,999
GERBER CHILDRENSWEAR, INC.
PELZER, SOUTH 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 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 September 17, 2001, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Gerber Childrenswear, Inc., Pelzer, South Carolina. The workers produce children's bed and bath goods such as blankets and towels.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA - 05270).
This investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject firm decreased in January-August 2001 as compared with the same period in 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports increased in January-August 2001 as compared with 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 children's bed and bath goods such as blankets and towels at Gerber Childrenswear, Inc., Pelzer, South Carolina, contributed importantly to the decline in sales 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 Gerber Childrenswear, Inc., Pelzer, South Carolina, engaged in employment related to the production of children's bed and bath products such as blankets and towels, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 20, 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 15th day of October, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance