DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,213

LEVI STRAUSS & CO
GLOBAL SOURCING ORGANIZATION
SAN FANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must
have become totally or partially separated or be threatened
with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or supply
of services like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country
by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like
or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must
have contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 on behalf of workers of Levi Strauss & Co,
Global Sourcing Organization, San Francisco, California (Global
Sourcing Group). The workers develop, plan and forecast the
requirements for fabric and textiles to be incorporated into final
garments.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Global
Sourcing Group who are engaged in employment related to planning,
developing and forecasting the requirements for fabric and
textiles meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workforce has been laid off.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm
has shifted the supply of a service like or directly competitive
with the service supplied by the workers to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
supplied by the Global Sourcing Group contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Global Sourcing Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Levi Strauss & Co,
Global Sourcing Organization, San Francisco, California, who are
engaged in employment related to the development, planning and
forecasting of the requirements for component fabric and textiles
to be incorporated into final garments, 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 Levi Strauss & Co, Global Sourcing
Organization, San Francisco, California, 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 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 7th day of July, 2009


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