DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,017
MASON SHOE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN

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 on March 11, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the UFCW Union Local #268 on
behalf of workers at Mason Shoe Manufacturing Company, Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin. The workers produce footwear.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject plant decreased during the relevant period. The
company has increased their reliance on imported footwear during
the same period.
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 footwear produced at Mason Shoe
Manufacturing Company, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Mason Shoe Manufacturing Company, Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 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 in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of March, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance