DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,458

HANDLER TEXTILE
A DIVISION OF DURO INDUSTRIES, INC.
STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA

AND

TA-W-40,458A

DURO INDUSTRIES SALES CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF DURO INDUSTRIES, INC.
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK



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
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:
(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 on October 25, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at
Handler Textile, a division of Duro Industires, Inc., Stone
Mountain, Georgia (TA-W-40,458), and Duro Industries Sales
Corporation, Duro Industries, Inc., Rochester, New York (TA-W-
40,458A). The workers at Handler Textile produced interlinings for
apparel, and workers at Duro Industries Sales Corporation provided
sales and customer service in support of the interlining
manufacturing.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import interlinings for apparel during the relevant period.
A Department of Labor survey of major customers of the subject
firm regarding their purchases of interlinings in 2000 and 2001,
revealed no imports of interlinings for apparel.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Handler
Textile, a division of Duro Industires, Inc., Stone Mountain,
Georgia (TA-W-40,458), and Duro Industries Sales Corporation, Duro
Industries, Inc., Rochester, New York (TA-W-40,458A) engaged in
employment related to the production of interlinings for apparel,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of May, 2002.



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