DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,985

SALZ LEATHERS, INC.
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA

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 eligi-
bility 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 on September 10, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Salz Leathers, Inc., Santa Cruz, California. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
leather sides.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject plant decreased during the period under
investigation.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of leather sides
Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from the
subject firm and increased imports in the relevant 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 those produced by Salz
Leathers, Inc., Santa Cruz, California, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Salz Leathers, Inc., Santa Cruz, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 22, 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 29th day of March, 2002


/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance