DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,270

DEVIL DOG MANUFACTURING COMPANY
A DIVISION OF GENERAL SPORTWEAR COMPANY INC.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 the Devil Dog Manufacturing Company, a division of
General Sportwear Company Inc., Zebulon, North Carolina. The
workers produce children's and ladies' jeans and shorts.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely during the relevant time period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States aggregate imports of
children's and ladies' jeans and shorts during the period under
investigation.
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 Devil Dog
Manufacturing Company, a division of General Sportwear Company
Inc., Zebulon, North Carolina, 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 Devil Dog Manufacturing Company, a division of
General Sportwear Company Inc., Zebulon, North Carolina,
engaged in employment related to the production of children's
and ladies' jeans and shorts 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 31st day of May, 2002.


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