DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,880

WESTON WEAR 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 April 8, 2010 on behalf of the workers of Weston Wear Inc., San
Francisco, California. The workers were engaged in activities
related to production of women's apparel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weston Wear, Inc.,
who were engaged in activities related to production of women's
apparel, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers were separated during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of women's apparel declined during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of women's apparel that are like or directly
competitive with those produced by Weston Wear Inc. have increased
relative to U.S. domestic shipments during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Weston Wear
Inc., San Francisco, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Weston Wear Inc., San Francisco,
California, who are engaged in activities related to 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 Weston Wear Inc., San Francisco, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 2, 2009, 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 24th day of November, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
_______________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance