DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,681

IAC SPRINGFIELD, LLC
SPRINGFIELD, TENNESSEE


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 July 15, 2009 by the United Steelworkers, Local 9507 on
behalf of the workers of IAC Springfield, LLC, Springfield,
Tennessee (IAC Springfield, LLC). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of acoustic barriers, vinyl
flooring, carpet mats, and GT dashes. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of IAC Springfield,
LLC, Springfield, Tennessee, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of acoustic barriers, vinyl flooring,
carpet mats, and GT dashes 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 GT dashes by IAC
Springfield, LLC to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in a portion
of the production of GT dashes by IAC Springfield, LLC to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at IAC
Springfield, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IAC Springfield, LLC,
Springfield, Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of acoustic barriers, vinyl flooring, carpet
mats, and GT dashes, 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 Springfield, LLC, Springfield,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 13, 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