Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 12/21/2000
Filed Date: 01/28/2002
Most Recent Update: 03/12/2002
Determination Date: 03/12/2002
Expiration Date: 03/12/2004
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,680
PAN-AM SHOE COMPANY, INC.
CAMUY, PUERTO RICO
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 January 28, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Pan-Am Shoe
Company, Inc., Camuy, Puerto Rico. The workers produce ladies'
and men's shoes.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
not been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2001 as compared with 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
shoes produce by the workers at the subject facility increased in
2001 as compared with 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with ladies' and men's shoes produced at
Pan-Am Shoe Company, Inc., Camuy, Puerto Rico, contributed impor-
tantly 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 Pan-Am Shoe Company, Inc., Camuy, Puerto
Rico, who became totally or partially separated from employ-
ment on or after December 21, 2000, through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of March, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,680
PAN-AM SHOE COMPANY, INC.
CAMUY, PUERTO RICO
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 January 28, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Pan-Am Shoe
Company, Inc., Camuy, Puerto Rico. The workers produce ladies'
and men's shoes.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
not been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2001 as compared with 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
shoes produce by the workers at the subject facility increased in
2001 as compared with 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with ladies' and men's shoes produced at
Pan-Am Shoe Company, Inc., Camuy, Puerto Rico, contributed impor-
tantly 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 Pan-Am Shoe Company, Inc., Camuy, Puerto
Rico, who became totally or partially separated from employ-
ment on or after December 21, 2000, through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of March, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance