TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

Worker Investigation TA-W-40,130

Table of Contents


I. Introduction

II. Findings of the Investigation

III. Trade and Industry Statistics

IV. Identifiable Worker Group
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I. Introduction

Petition Investigator: Gidget Clark
Industry Analyst: Elliott Kushner
Survey Analyst: Gidget Clark
Typist: Gidget Clark (Doc. S:\DTAA\WPDOCS\40,130)
Investigation: Via Fax, Mail and Telephone

On September 11 , 2001, the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance received petition filed under Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-418), on behalf of workers and former workers of Greenway Mfg. Co., Spartanburg, South Carolina. The workers were engaged in the production of girls' slips and sleepwear.

The date of the petition is September 11, 2001. In accordance with Section 223(b) of the Act, no certification may apply to any worker whose last total or partial separation from the subject firm occurred before September 28, 2000, one year prior to the date of the petition.



II. Findings of the Investigation

Greenway Mfg. Co., Spartanburg, South Carolina is the subject of this investigation. The workers were employed in the production of girls' slips and sleepwear.
Sales, production and employment declined with the closing of the facility in March 2001.
III. Trade and Industry Statistics
United States imports of pajamas and other nightwear increased in 2000, compared with 1999. The import/shipment ratio for pajamas and other nightwear exceeded 400% in 2000.
IV. Identifiable Worker Group
All of the former workers were engaged in the production of girls' slips and sleepwear.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,130
GREENWAY MFG. CO.
SPARTANBURG, 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 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 on September 28, 2001, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Greenway Mfg. Co., Spartanburg, South Carolina. The workers produced girls' slips and sleepwear.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the subject firm ceased in March 2001.
United States imports of pajamas and other nightwear increased in 2000, compared with 1999. The import/shipment ratio for pajamas and other nightwear exceeded 400% 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 the slips and sleepwear produced at Greenway Mfg. Co., Spartanburg, South Carolina, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Greenway Mfg. Co., Spartanburg, South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after September 11, 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 31st day of October, 2001.

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