DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,724

LAKE CITY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
LAKE CITY, 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
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 June 24, 2002, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Lake City Manufacturing Company, Inc., Lake
City, South Carolina. The workers produced home furnishing and
apparel products including women's swimwear, skirts and gowns.
Workers are not separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined during the period under
investigation.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States imports of apparel,
including women's swimwear, skirts, and gowns during the relevant
time 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 those produced at Lake City
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Lake City, South 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 Lake City Manufacturing Company, Inc., Lake
City, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 29, 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 26th day of August, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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