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TAW-70880  /  Roadrunner Transportation Services (Cudahy, WI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/02/2008
Filed Date: 06/02/2009
Most Recent Update: 07/07/2009
Determination Date: 07/07/2009
Expiration Date: 07/07/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,880

ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
BILLING DEPARTMENT
CUDAHY, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;
or(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 2, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Roadrunner Transportation Services, Inc., Billing Department,
Cudahy, Wisconsin (Roadrunner). The workers provide billing
services for the subject firm which provides logistical and
supply chain management services to its customers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Roadrunner who
are engaged in employment related to the provision of billing
services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers were separated within the last year and further
separations are expected.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
is shifting provision of billing services to a Philippine
affiliate.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of provision
of billing services to the Philippines by Roadrunner
contributed importantly to worker group separations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Roadrunner
Transportation Services, Inc., Billing Department, Cudahy,
Wisconsin who are engaged in employment related to the provision
of billing services meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Roadrunner Transportation Services, Inc.,
Billing Department, Cudahy, Wisconsin, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 2,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 7th day of July, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance