DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,919

THE STRIDE RITE CORPORATION
IT SOLUTIONS DELIVERY
LEXINGTON, MASSACHESETS

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 June 3, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
The Stride Rite Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts. The
workers were engaged in activities related to information
technology (IT) services.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Stride Rite
Corporation who are engaged in activities related to
information technology services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers were laid off.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm
acquired services like or directly competitive with the
information technology services provided by the worker's firm
from a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
information technology services from outside the United States
contributed importantly to worker group separations at The
Stride Rite Corporation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Stride Rite
Corporation, Information Technology Division, Lexington,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to
information technology services 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 The Stride Rite Corporation, Information
Technology Division, Lexington, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 1, 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 5th day of November, 2009.


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




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