DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,458

807 CUTTING SERVICES, INC.
EL PASO, TEXAS

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, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 6, 2003 and filed on behalf of workers at
807 Cutting Services, Inc., El Paso, Texas. The workers were
engaged in employment related to the production of ladies', men's
and children's jeans.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production of
ladies', men's and children's jeans to a country (Mexico) that is
a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift of production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles like
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of 807 Cutting Services, Inc., El Paso, Texas
engaged in employment related to the production of ladies',
men's and children's jeans, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 28, 2002
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 25th day of November, 2003.

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