DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,066

ASC INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SNELLING TEMPORARY
SERVICES AND SUPERIOR STAFFING
NORTH 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. 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 August 18, 2009 on behalf of workers of ASC Industries,
Inc., North Canton, Ohio. Workers at the subject firm produce
water pumps for automotive and light truck usage.
The subject firm also leased workers from Snelling
Temporary Services and Superior Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of ASC Industries,
Inc., North Canton, Ohio are engaged in employment related to
the production of water pumps meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers at the firm have been separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
is shifting to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers at the subject firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of water
pumps to Mexico and China by ASC Industries contributed
importantly to worker group separations at ASC Industries,
Inc., North Canton, Ohio.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ASC Industries, Inc.,
North Canton, Ohio, who are engaged in activites related to the
production of water pumps 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 ASC Industries, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Snelling Staffing and Superior
Staffing, North Canton, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 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 September, 2009.

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