DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,133

EASTLAND SHOE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LABOR READY AND BONNEY STAFFING
FREEPORT, MAINE

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.


The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 24, 2015 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Eastland Shoe Corporation, Freeport, Maine (Eastland
Shoe). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of footwear. The workers are not separately
identifiable by articles produced by the firm. The subject
worker groups include on-site leased workers from Labor Ready and
Bonney Staffing.
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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the footwear produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Eastland Shoe.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eastland Shoe
Corporation, Freeport, Maine, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of footwear, 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 Eastland Shoe Corporation, including on-site
leased workers of Labor Ready and Bonney Staffing, Freeport,
Maine, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 1, 2014 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 6th day of November 2015.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance