DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,180

JOHNSTON AND MURPHY MANUFACTURING
A DIVISION OF GENESCO, INC.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 25, 2002 and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Johnston & Murphy, Manufacturing, Nashville,
Tennessee. The workers produced footwear.
The investigation revealed that the company is a division
of GENESCO, Inc. Findings of the investigation show that sales,
production and employment at the Nashville, Tennessee plant
declined during the relevant period.
It was further revealed that the subject firm increased
imports of footwear during the relevant 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 Johnston & Murphy
Manufacturing, a division of GENESCO, Inc., Nashville,
Tennessee, 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 Johnston & Murphy, Manufacturing, a
division of GENESCO, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 20, 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 11th day of April, 2002.

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