DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,582

GARMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA


Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.





The investigation was initiated on May 28, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Garment Corporation of America, Miami Beach, Florida. The worker
was engaged in the production of labels for men's shirts.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the company has shifted
production of labels offshore and labels are then sewn on men's
shirts at offshore sites. The investigation revealed that the
company does not import labels. The finished products, which are
being imported by the company (men's shirts), are not like or
directly competitive with the articles (labels) previously
produced at the subject facility.
The investigation also showed that for the past two years
the labels have been shipped directly offshore, thus there have
been no domestic customers in the relevant period.



Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Garment Corporation of America, Miami Beach, Florida are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of July, 2002.

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