DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,430

ICEBREAKER
PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TEAM
A DIVISION OF VF OUTDOOR, LLC
PORTLAND, OREGON


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 November 27, 2019 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Icebreaker, Product
Design and Development Team, a Division of VF Outdoor, LLC,
Portland, Oregon (Icebreaker-Product Design and Development
Team). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of merino wool outdoor clothing. Workers of
Icebreaker-Product Design and Development Team are engaged in
activities related to the supply of product design and
development services. The subject worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Icebreaker-Product Design
and Development Team 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 supply of a(n) service
like or directly competitive with the product design and
development services supplied by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Icebreaker-Product Design and Development Team.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Icebreaker-Product
Design and Development Team 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 Icebreaker, Product Design and Development
Team, a Division of VF Outdoor, LLC, Portland, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 26, 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 1st day of July 2020.

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