DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,649

BANK MAUFACTURING COMPANY
HAVELOCK, NORTH CAROLINA


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 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:
(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 separat-
ed;

(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 January 28, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of the workers at Bank
Manufacturing, Havelock, North Carolina. The workers were
engaged in the production of hospital garments.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company ceased
to operate in September 2001 and that the subject company did not
import hospital garments during the relevant time periods.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of hospital
garments.
The survey revealed no increased customer reliance upon
import purchases of hospital garments during the relevant time
periods.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Bank
Manufacturing, Havelock, North Carolina, 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 April 2002.


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