DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,960

668 FASHION, INC.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 19, 2010 by three workers on behalf of workers of
668 Fashion, Inc., New York, New York. The workers produced
women's tops.
The investigation revealed that workers of 668 Fashion,
Inc., New York, New York, who were engaged in employment
related to women's tops, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because all of the workers
were laid off and the firm ceased production at its New York
facility in April of 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of women's tops by 668 Fashion, Inc.
decreased absolutely from 2008 to 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because United
States aggregate imports of articles or services like or
directly competitive with women's tops by 668 Fashion, Inc.
were at a very high level in 2008 and increased relative to
U.S. shipments in the first half of 2009.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of women's tops
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at 668 Fashion, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of 668 Fashion, Inc.,
New York, New York, who were engaged in employment related to
women's tops, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of 668 Fashion, Inc., New York, New York, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 16, 2009, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of July, 2010

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance