DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,021

BRONXWOOD DYEING CO., INC.
BRONX, NEW YORK

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 August 26, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and
Textile Employees (UNITE!), New York-New Jersey Regional Joint
Board on behalf of workers at Bronxwood Dyeing Co., Inc., Bronx,
New York. The workers at the subject firm dye lace, nets and
tulles.
The investigation revealed that criterion (2) has not been
met.
Both sales and production at the subject firm increased from
2000 to 2001, and from January through June 2001 to January through
June 2002.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Bronxwood Dyeing Co., Inc., Bronx, New York engaged in employment
related to the dyeing lace, nets, and tulles, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 30th day of September, 2002.




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