DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,268

RED WING SHOE COMPANY, INC.
DANVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 December 17, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc., Danville, Kentucky
(Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc.). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of footwear uppers.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition TA-W-
73,358 which expired on April 28, 2012.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of footwear uppers by Red Wing Shoe Company,
Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the company
has increased its reliance on imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by Red Wing
Shoe Company, Inc.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the company's increased reliance on imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Red Wing Shoe
Company, Inc., Danville, Kentucky, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of footwear uppers 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 Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc., Danville,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 29, 2012, 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 31st day of January, 2013.


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