DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,273

REGAL GARMENT CORPORATION
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 Union of Needletrades
Industrial and Textile Employees, Local 89-221 and Local 10 on
behalf of workers at the Regal Garment Corporation, New York, New
York. The workers produced women's coats, suits and jackets.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely during 2001.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States aggregate imports of
women's coats, suits and jackets 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 Regal Garment
Corporation, New York, New York, 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 Regal Garment Corporation, New York, New York,
engaged in employment related to the production of women's
coats, suits and jackets, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 7, 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 2nd day of July, 2002.


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