DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,053

FILSON MANUFACTURING
A SUBSIDIARY OF CC FILSON CO.
1741 1ST AVENUE SOUTH
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

TA-W-95,053A

FILSON MANUFACTURING
A SUBSIDIARY OF CC FILSON CO.
1555 4TH AVENUE SOUTH
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

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 8, 2019 by a union official - United Food and
Commercial Workers (UFCW) - 21 on behalf of workers of Filson
Manufacturing, a subsidiary of CC Filson Co., 1741 1st Ave.
South, Seattle, Washington (TA-W-95,053) and Filson
Manufacturing, a subsidiary of CC Filson Co., 1555 4th Ave.
South, Seattle, Washington (TA-W-95,053A) ("Filson"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of apparel goods (tops, t-shirts, jackets, etc.) and leather
and canvas luggage goods (briefcases, duffle bags, and
accessories).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Filson.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Filson Manufacturing,
a subsidiary of CC Filson Co., 1741 1st Ave. South, Seattle,
Washington (TA-W-95,053) and Filson Manufacturing, a
subsidiary of CC Filson Co., 1555 4th Ave. South, Seattle,
Washington (TA-W-95,053A), who are engaged in activities related
to the production of apparel goods (tops, t-shirts, jackets,
etc.) and leather and canvas luggage goods (briefcases, duffle
bags, and accessories) 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 Filson Manufacturing, a subsidiary of CC
Filson Co., 1741 1st Avenue South, Seattle, Washington (TA-
W-95,053) and Filson Manufacturing, a subsidiary of CC
Filson Co., 1555 4th Avenue South, Seattle, Washington (TA-
W-95,053A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 6, 2018, 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 29th day of November 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance