DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,094

GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY
UNION CITY PLANT
UNION CITY, TENNESSEE

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;

2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or

3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on September 15, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 878, Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council, on behalf of workers of
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Union City Plant, Union City,
Tennessee. Workers at the subject firm manufacture tires (radial
passenger and radial light truck).
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) were not met.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-50,553,
which expired on April 3, 2005.
The investigation revealed that since the expiration of the
TAA certification, the subject firm did not separate or threaten to
separate a significant number or proportion of workers as required
by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. Significant number or
proportion of the workers in a firm or appropriate subdivision
thereof, means that at least three workers with a workforce of
fewer than 50 workers or five percent of the workers with a
workforce of 50 or more.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers at Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, Union City Plant, Union City, Tennessee are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of September 2006.

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