DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,368

IAC CANTON, LLC
CANTON, 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:
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. (Set forth in 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 24, 2009 by the United Steel Workers of America,
Local 550L on behalf of the workers of IAC Canton, LLC, Canton,
Ohio (IAC Canton, LLC). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of rubber sheets, car mats, and vinyl
dash insulators. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The investigation revealed that workers of IAC Canton, LLC,
Canton, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of rubber sheets, car mats, and vinyl dash insulators
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in a portion of the production of rubber sheets, car mats,
and vinyl dash insulators by IAC Canton, LLC to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in a portion
of the production of rubber sheets, car mats, and vinyl dash
insulators by IAC Canton, LLC to Mexico contributed importantly
to worker group separations at IAC Canton, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IAC Canton, LLC,
Canton, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of rubber sheets, car mats, and vinyl dash
insulators, 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 IAC Canton, LLC, Canton, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 22, 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 28th day of October, 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance