DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,194

ALLEN-EDMONDS SHOE CORPORATION
MAINE SHOE INCORPORATED
LEWISTON, MAINE

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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 26, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Allen-Edmonds
Shoe Corp., Maine Shoe Company, Lewiston, Maine. The workers
produced men's dress and casual handsewn shoes.
The investigation revealed that sales and production decreased
in 2001 compared to 2000 and in January-September 2002 compared to
the same period in 2001.
Layoffs at the subject plant occurred at the end of 2001
through 2002.
Men's dress and casual handsewn shoes produced by Allen-
Edmonds Shoe Corp., Maine Shoe Company, Lewiston, Maine are
marketed through normal retail channels. Thus, the articles
manufactured by the subject firm have been impacted importantly by
the high penetration of imports into this market.
U.S. imports of other footwear with outer soles and uppers of
leather not covering the ankle: other footwear for men: except with
pigskin uppers increased in 2001 compared to 2000.
In 2001, the ratio of imports of shoes with leather uppers and
leather soles except with safety toes to U.S. shipments exceeded
707%.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with men's dress and casual handsewn
shoes produced at Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp., Maine Shoe Company,
Lewiston, Maine contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp., Maine Shoe Company,
Lewiston, Maine who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 18, 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, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of April, 2003.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance