DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,199

PARTY SHOES
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 7, 2001, and filed by UNITE Local 748 on behalf of
workers at Party Shoes, Chicago, Illinois. The workers produced
dance shoes.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm experienced
absolute declines in sales and employment during the relevant
period.
The investigation also revealed that the customer of the
subject firm reported a high and increasing level of imports in the
relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with dance shoes produced by Party
Shoes, Chicago, Illinois, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Party Shoes, Chicago, Illinois, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after April 26,
2000, through two years from the date of certification are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of July, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance