DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,659

LOUISIANA UNIFORM INDUSTRIES
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.
DELHI, LOUISIANA

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 on June 17, 2002, and filed by
the company on behalf of the workers at Louisiana Uniform
Industries, a subsidiary of Superior Uniform Group, Inc., Delhi,
Louisiana. The workers at the subject firm produce aprons and
vests and are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that Superior Uniform Group, Inc.
increased imports of aprons and vests during the relevant period.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with aprons and vests produced by
Louisiana Uniform Industries, a subsidiary of Superior Uniform
Group, Inc., Delhi, Louisiana, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Louisiana Uniform Industries, a subsidiary of
Superior Uniform Group, Inc., Delhi, Louisiana, engaged in
employment related to the production of aprons and vests who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 17, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of August, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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