DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,719

C&A APPAREL INC.
SAN FRANCISCO, 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:
(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 on July 17, 2009 on behalf of workers of C & A Apparel
Inc., San Francisco, California. The subject firm was a cut
and sew apparel manufacturing contractor; workers produced
women's apparel, including tops, dresses, and pants.
The investigation revealed that workers of C & A Apparel
who are engaged in employment related to production of women's
apparel, including tops, dresses, and pants meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because all workers were
separated upon closure of the subject firm on June 6, 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of women's apparel by C & A have decreased
absolutely in June 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with women's apparel,
including tops, dresses, and pants by the subject firm's sole
customer have increased. The customer has begun to import
women's apparel, including tops, dresses, and pants.
United States aggregate imports of women's and girls'
apparel, including tops, dresses, and pants are high relative
to domestic production of like articles.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of women's apparel, including tops,
bottoms, and dresses by the sole customer of C & A Apparel
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the San Francisco, California
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of C & A Apparel Inc.,
San Francisco, California, who are engaged in employment related
to production of women's apparel, such as tops, dresses, and
pants 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 C&A Apparel Inc., San Francisco,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 3, 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 16th day of September, 2009

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