Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 12/16/2002
Most Recent Update: 02/04/2003
Determination Date: 02/04/2003
Expiration Date:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,354
RED WING SHOE COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING TEMPORARY WORKERS OF:
WORKFORCE EMPOLYMENT SOLUTION
AND
MANPOWER, INC.
POTOSI, MISSOURI
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on December 16, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Red Wing Shoe
Company, Inc., Potosi, Missouri. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of Red Wing brand shoes and
boots.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B) have
not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import products like or directly competitive with Red Wing brand
shoes and boots during the relevant period of 2001 to 2002, nor did
it transfer production abroad.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firms' major
customers regarding their purchases of shoes or boots like Red Wing
brand shoes and boots in 2000 through August 2002. The survey
revealed that none of the customers imported like or directly
competitive products during the period under investigation.
The investigation revealed that United States aggregate
imports of men's footwear declined in January through November 2002
compared with the same period of the previous year.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Red
Wing Shoe Company, Inc., Potosi, Missouri and temporary workers
of Workforce Employment Solution, Farmington, Missouri and
Manpower Inc., Festus, Missouri are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 4th day of February 2003.
/s/ Richard Church
________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance