DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,465

JUDITH LEIBER LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LEIBER HOLDINGS LLC
SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY

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 30, 2009, by three workers, on behalf of workers
of Judith Leiber, LLC, a subsidiary of Leiber Holdings, LLC,
Secaucus, New Jersey. The workers manufacture women's handbag
samples for the fashion industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Judith Leiber,
LLC, a subsidiary of Leiber Holdings, LLC, Secaucus, New
Jersey, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of women's handbag samples meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Judith Leiber,
LLC, a subsidiary of Leiber Holdings, LLC, Secaucus, New
Jersey, has shifted production of women's handbag samples from
Secaucus, New Jersey to Thailand and Italy.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of women's handbag samples to Thailand and Italy by
Judith Leiber, LLC, a subsidiary of Leiber Holdings, LLC,
Secaucus, New Jersey, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Judith Leiber, LLC, a
subsidiary of Leiber Holdings, LLC, Secaucus, New Jersey, who
are engaged in employment related to women's handbag sample
production 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 in of Judith Leiber, LLC, a subsidiary of
Leiber Holdings, LLC, Secaucus, New Jersey, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 29, 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 21st day of January, 2010.


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