DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,267

LIMITED EDITION SHIRT CO., INC.
RANSHAW, 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
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 on behalf of
workers at Limited Edition Shirt Company, Inc., Ranshaw,
Pennsylvania. The workers produced work and uniform shirts.


The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined during the relevant time period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of work and uniform shirts from
2000 to 2001. This survey revealed increases in imports of work
and uniform shirts during the period under investigation.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-5947).
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 Limited Edition
Shirt Company, Inc., Ranshaw, Pennsylvania 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 Limited Edition Shirt Company, Inc., Ranshaw,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 5, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of September, 2002.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance