DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,105

SAN ANTONIO SHOE, INC.
CONWAY DIVISION
CONWAY, ARKANSAS

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 by a State Workforce Official on May 19, 2009 on behalf of
workers of San Antonio Shoe, Inc., Conway Division, Conway,
Arkansas. Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the production of women's sandals. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation further revealed that workers of San
Antonio Shoe, Inc., Conway Division, Conway, Arkansas, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of women's
sandals meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of women's sandals by the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with women's sandals
produced by San Antonio Shoe, Inc., Conway Division, Conway,
Arkansas have increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor
conducted a survey of the subject firm's major declining
customers regarding their purchases of women's sandals during
the relevant period. The survey revealed increased customer
reliance on imported women's sandals.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of women's sandals by customers of San
Antonio Shoe, Inc., Conway Division, Conway, Arkansas
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at San Antonio Shoe, Inc., Conway
Division, Conway, Arkansas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of San Antonio Shoe,
Inc., Conway Division, Conway, Arkansas who are engaged in
activities related to the production of women's sandals 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 San Antonio Shoe, Inc., Conway Division,
Conway, Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 18, 2008, 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 5th day of February 2010


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