DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,745

ANGELICA IMAGE APPAREL
A SUBDIVISION OF ANGELICA CORPORATION
COLLINWOOD, TENNESSEE

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 July 1, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Angelica Image Apparel, a subsidiary of Angelica Corporation,
Collinwood, Tennessee. The workers produce hospitality and
healthcare garments. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined from 2000 to 2001.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
hospitality and healthcare garments increased 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 hospitality and healthcare
garments produced by Angelica Image Apparel, a subsidiary of
Angelica Corporation, Collinwood, Tennessee, 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 Angelica Image Apparel, a subsidiary of
Angelica Corporation, Collinwood, Tennessee engaged in
employment related to the production of hospitality and
healthcare garments, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 23, 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