DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,072

ALLEGIANCE INDUSTRIES
WORKING ON SITE AT TRINITY NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT CAR INC.
FREIGHTCAR DIVISION
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA

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 May 11, 2010 on behalf of workers of Allegiance
Industries, working on site at Trinity North American
Freightcar, Inc., Freightcar Division, Cartersville, Georgia.
Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to
the provision of housekeeping services in relation to the
production of freightcars.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Allegiance
Industries, who were engaged in activities related to the
provision of housekeeping services in relation to the
production of freightcars, meet the criteria for
certification.
The investigation revealed that workers of Allegiance
Industries who are engaged in activities related to the
provision of housekeeping services in relation to the
production of freightcars meet the criteria as suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Allegiance Industries supplied housekeeping services to a firm
that employed a worker group who is covered by an active
certification (TA-W-70,968) and that the housekeeping services
were related to the production of freightcars.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of freightcars to Mexico contributed importantly to
the worker separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allegiance
Industries, working on site at Trinity North American
Freightcar, Inc., Freightcar Division, Cartersville, Georgia
who are engaged in activities related to the provision of
housekeeping services in relation to the production of
freightcars, 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 Allegiance Industries, working on site at
Trinity North American Freightcar, Inc., Freightcar
Division, Cartersville, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 2,
2009, 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 14th day of July, 2010

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