DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,332
PACE INDUSTRIES, LLC
B&C DIVISION
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS

TA-W-71,332A
PACE INDUSTRIES, LLC
CORPORATE OFFICE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF OFFICE TEAM AND ACCOUNTEMPS
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS

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 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Pace Industries, LLC, B&C Division, Jonesboro,
Arkansas (TA-W-71,332) and Pace Industries, LLC, Corporate
Office, Fayetteville, Arkansas (TA-W-71,332A). The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of zinc die
castings. The worker group also includes on-site leased workers
of Office Team and Accountemps at the Fayetteville, Arkansas
location.
The investigation revealed that workers of Pace Industries,
LLC, B&C Division, Jonesboro, Arkansas, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of zinc die castings (TA-
W-71,332); and workers of Pace Industries, LLC, Corporate
Office, Fayetteville, Arkansas, (TA-W-71,332A) who provide a
administrative services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been met because Pace Industries has
shifted to a foreign country production of articles like or
directly competitive with the zinc die castings produced by
the firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico, Hungary and Canada by Pace Industries,
LLC contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Jonesboro and Fayetteville, Arkansas facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pace Industries, LLC,
B&C Division, Jonesboro, Arkansas, (TA-W-71,332) and Pace
Industries, LLC, Corporate Office, including on-site leased
workers of Office Team and Accountemps, Fayetteville,
Arkansas, (TA-W-71,332A), 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 Pace Industries, LLC, B&C Division,
Jonesboro, Arkansas, (TA-W-71,332); Pace Industries, LLC,
Corporate Office, including on-site leased workers of
Office Team and Accountemps, Fayetteville, Arkansas, (TA-
W-71,332A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 12, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the 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 19th day of March, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
_____________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance