DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,957
MAGNOLIA GARMENT CORPORATION
TYLERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI

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 March 11, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers and former
workers of Magnolia Garment Corporation, Tylertown, Mississippi.
The workers are engaged in the production of children's
sleepwear.
The investigation revealed that production at the subject
firm decreased during the relevant period. The company has
greatly increased their reliance on imported children's sleepwear
while curtailing much of the production at Tylertown during the
same period.


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 children's sleepwear produced at
Magnolia Garment Corporation, Tylertown, Mississippi 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 Magnolia Garment Corporation, Tylertown,
Mississippi who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 21, 2001 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 29th day of April, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance