DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,954

SHIELD ACQUISITION, LLC
CALDWELL MOSER LEATHER COMPANY
NEW ALBANY, INDIANA

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 March 11, 2002, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Shield Acquisition, LLC, Caldwell Moser
Leather Company, New Albany, Indiana. The workers produce skirting
leather.


The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's customers
revealed increases in imports of skirting leather during the
relevant period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-5739).
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 at Shield
Acquisition, LLC, Caldwell Moser Leather Company, New Albany,
Indiana 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 Shield Acquisition, LLC, Caldwell Moser
Leather Company, New Albany, Indiana engaged in employment
related to the production of skirting leather, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 17, 2001, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 21st day of May, 2002.




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