DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,472

ROMART, INC.
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 in response to a petition
received on December 21, 2001, and filed by a Union of
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees mid-Atlantic region
representative on behalf of workers at Romart, Inc., Scranton,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce men's and boys' dress and sport
coats and other formal wear.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial United States aggregate imports of men's and boys'
dress and sport coats during the period under investigation.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed by a Union of Needletrades,
Industrial and Textile Employees mid-Atlantic region representative
on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-5500).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject
firm 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 Romart, Inc., Scranton, Pennsylvania engaged
in employment related to the production of men's and boys'
dress and sport coats and other formal wear, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 24, 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 at Washington, D.C., this day of April, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance