DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,566

W.T. SEWING, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. A significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. The workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. Either:
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) A loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 13, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers
of W.T. Sewing, Inc., San Francisco, California. The workers
supplied garment sewing services.
The investigation revealed that workers of W.T. Sewing,
Inc., San Francisco, California, who are engaged in employment
related to garment sewing services, meet the criteria as
suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of W.T.
Sewing, Inc. provided garment sewing services to Byer
California, a producer of finished garments. Workers of Byer
California are covered by certification TA-W-72072, issued
based on the increased imports of apparel.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by W.T. Sewing, Inc. with respect to garment sewing services
sold to Byer California contributed importantly to worker
separations at W.T. Sewing, Inc., San Francisco, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of W.T. Sewing, Inc.,
who are engaged in employment related to garment sewing 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 W.T. Sewing, Inc. who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 12,
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 27th day of October, 2009

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