DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,028

ANNE KLEIN FOR KASPER ASL, LTD.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

TA-W-41,028A

KASPER ASL, LTD.
SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY

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 March 11, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the Union of Needletrades
Industrial and Textile Employees, Local 89-22-1 and Local 10, on
behalf of workers at Anne Klein for Kasper ASL, Ltd., New York,
New York and Kasper ASL, Ltd., Secaucus, New Jersey. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
apparel samples.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Apparel samples are produced domestically and exported
abroad for apparel manufacturing.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Anne
Klein for Kasper ASL, Ltd., New York, New York and Kasper ASL,
Ltd., Secaucus, New Jersey, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of June, 2002


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