DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,685

THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY
AKRON INNOVATION CENTER MANUFACTURING
FORMER AKRON TECH CENTER MANUFACTURING
AKRON, 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(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A)
or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning
on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President
by the International Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section
202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal
Register; and
(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 15, 2009 by the United Steelworkers, Local 2L, on
behalf of workers of The Good Year Tire and Rubber Company Akron
Innovation Center Manufacturing, former Akron Tech Center
Manufacturing, Akron, Ohio. The workers produce automobile
tires (race, hummer, developmental).
The investigation revealed that on June 25, 2009, the
International Trade Commission found that certain passenger
vehicle and light truck tires from the People's Republic of
China are being imported into the United States in such
increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause or
threaten to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of
like or directly competitive products.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of The Good
Year Tire and Rubber Company, Akron Innovation Center
Manufacturing, Akron, Ohio. That firm was publicly identified
by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(f) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(f). In addition, that determination published in
the Federal register on June 25, 2009 is within one year of the
date of the petition filed requesting TAA Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Good Year Tire and
Rubber Company Akron Innovation Center Manufacturing, former
Akron Tech Center Manufacturing, Akron, Ohio who are engaged in
employment related to the production of automobile tires ("the
worker group") meet the certification criteria under Section
222(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:










"All workers of Good Year Tire and Rubber Company Akron
Innovation Center Manufacturing, former Akron Tech Center
Manufacturing, Akron, Ohio, in the worker group, who became
totally or partially separated on or after June 25, 2008,
through June 25, 2010 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 15th day of October, 2009


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance