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7/23/02 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,476

WARNACO, INC.
CALVIN KLEIN DIVISION
ABBEVILLE, SOUTH 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 eligi-
bility 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 on May 6, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by the Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile
employees, Union of (UNITE) on behalf of workers at Warnaco,
Inc., Calvin Klein Division, Abbeville, South Carolina. The
workers produce five pocket jeans.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
06105).
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2000-2001 and the period of
January-March 2002 as compared with the same period in 2001.
Subject facility closed May 31, 2002.


The investigation also revealed that company imports of five
pocket jeans increased as the company is relaying on imported
jeans produced by the workers at the subject facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with five pocket jeans at Warnaco, Inc.,
Calvin Klein Division, Abbeville, South Carolina, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accor-
dance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Warnaco, Inc., Calvin Klein Division,
Abbeville, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 12, 2001,
through two years from the date of certification are eligi-
ble to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this day of June, 2002.


___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance