DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,292

S.C. GARMENT, INCORPORATED
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 September 14, 2009, on behalf of workers of S. C.
Garment, Incorporated, San Francisco, California. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of women's
apparel.
The investigation revealed that workers of S. C. Garment,
Incorporated, San Francisco, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of women's apparel meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment
declined during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of women's apparel by S. C. Garment,
Incorporated, have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the women's apparel produced by the subject firm have
increased significantly during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports 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 S. C. Garment,
Incorporated, San Francisco, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of women's apparel 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 S. C. Garment, Incorporated, San Francisco,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 4, 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 18th day of February, 2010


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