DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,182

R & B FABRICATIONS, INC.
OAKWOOD, OHIO

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 12, 2009 on behalf of workers of R & B
Fabrication, Oakwood, Ohio. The workers produce bags, vests,
and straps for use in fire and emergency medical equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Oakwood,
Ohio facility who are engaged in employment related to the
production of bags, vests, and straps for use in fire and
emergency medical equipment meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because more than five
percent of workers have been separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of bags, vests, and straps for fire and
emergency medical equipment decreased in January through May
2009 compared with the same period of the previous year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with bags, vests, and
straps for fire and emergency medical equipment have increased
in January through May 2009 when compared with the same period
of the previous year.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of bags, vests, and straps for fire and
emergency medical equipment contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and declines in sales and production
at the Alameda, California facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of R & B Fabrication,
Oakwood, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to
production of bags, vests, and straps for fire and emergency
medical equipment 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 R & B Fabrication, Oakwood, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 10, 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 16th day of July, 2009

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