DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,252

ROSEBAR TEXTILE COMPANY, INC.
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY

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 April 8, 2002, and filed by the company official on
behalf of workers at Rosebar Textile Company, Inc., Paterson,
New Jersey. The workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of woven fabrics.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to
2001. The subject firm ceased production in July of 2001.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of woven fabrics during
the relevant period.


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 Rosebar
Textile Company, Inc., Paterson, New Jersey 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 Rosebar Textile Company, Inc., Paterson,
New Jersey engaged in employment related to the production
of woven fabrics, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 8, 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 10th day of June, 2002.


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