Correction 3/26/2002

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,654

IN VOGUE APPAREL
WEST HAZLETON, 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 eli-gibility 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 January 28, 2002, filed on behalf of workers at In
Vogue Apparel, West Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The workers
produced women's slacks.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in sales, production, and levels of
employment. It is now closed.
The investigation also showed that United States imports of
women's and girls' slacks and shorts increased during the twelve
months ending June 2001. In 1998 the ratio of domestic
shipments of women's and girls' slacks and shorts was 143.5
percent.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-
5603). A determination on that petition will be made
concurrently with this determination.
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 those produced by In Vogue Apparel,
West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales and 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 at In Vogue Apparel, West Hazleton,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 3, 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 11th day of March 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance