DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,128

KELLWOOD INTIMATE APPAREL
CROWNTUFT DIVISION
HEFLIN, AL

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 September 16, 2002, and filed by a company official
on behalf of workers at Kellwood Intimate Apparel, Crowntuft
Division, Heflin, Alabama. The workers were engaged in the
production of robes, swimwear cover-ups, pajamas and dusters.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined during the period under investigation.
The investigation further revealed that the company
increased their reliance on imported dusters and pajamas 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 those produced by Kellwood
Intimate Apparel, Crowntuft Division, Heflin, Alabama,
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 Kellwood Intimate Apparel, Crowntuft
Division, Heflin, Alabama, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 27, 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 8th day of October, 2002.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner_________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance