DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,236

PLEASANT TRUCKING, INC.
MT. PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for
another firm for articles or services with respect to which a
group of workers in such other firm has been certified under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term
"value-added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 8, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Pleasant Trucking, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
The workers provide transportation, and controlling and
scheduling services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Pleasant
Trucking, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
providing transportation, and controlling and scheduling
services meet the criteria as Downstream Producers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Pleasant Trucking, Inc.
provided and sold transportation and controlling and scheduling
services to a firm that employed a worker group that is covered
by an active TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
the workers' firm with the firm that employed a TAA-certified
worker group contributed importantly to the workers' separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pleasant Trucking,
Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment
related to providing transportation, and controlling and
scheduling services 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 Pleasant Trucking, Inc., Mt. Pleasant,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 8, 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 4th day of January, 2010

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