DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,096

USF HOLLAND, INC.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE DETROIT SERVICE CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF YRC WORLDWIDE
ROMULUS, MICHIGAN

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 December 15, 2009 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of USF Holland, Inc., also known as the
Detroit Service Center, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide,
Romulus, Michigan (USF Holland Detroit). The workers provided
less-than-truckload transportation services for various
industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of USF Holland
Detroit who are engaged in employment related to less-than-
truckload transportation, 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.
Criterion II has been met because USF Holland Detroit
provided a service to a firm with a TAA-certified worker
group, and the service provided was related to the article
that was the basis for the certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
with the firm that employed a TAA-certified worker group
contributed importantly to worker separations at USF Holland
Detroit.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of USF Holland, Inc.,
also known as the Detroit Service Center, a subsidiary of YRC
Worldwide, Romulus, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to less-than-truckload transportation, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of USF Holland, Inc., also known as the
Detroit Service Center, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide,
Romulus, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 18, 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 20th day of August, 2010

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