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TAW-73872  /  Goodrich Aerospace Corporation (Cleveland, OH)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 03/18/2009
Filed Date: 04/07/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/28/2010
Determination Date: 07/28/2010
Expiration Date: 07/28/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,872

GOODRICH CORPORATION
LANDING GEAR DIVISION
CLEVELAND, 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 April 7, 2010 by a union representative of
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local 2333,
on behalf of workers of Goodrich Corporation, Landing Gear
Division, Cleveland, Ohio (hereinafter referred to as Goodrich
Corporation, Landing Gear Division). The workers are engaged
in activities related to the production of landing gear.
The investigation revealed that workers of Goodrich
Corporation, Landing Gear Division, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of landing gear, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of landing
gear to India by Goodrich Corporation, Landing Gear Division
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Cleveland, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Goodrich Corporation,
Landing Gear Division, Cleveland, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of landing gear, 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 Goodrich Corporation, Landing Gear
Division, Cleveland, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 18, 2009,
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 July, 2010.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance