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TAW-74386  /  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Tyler, TX)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/30/2009
Filed Date: 07/15/2010
Most Recent Update: 08/27/2010
Determination Date: 08/27/2010
Expiration Date: 08/27/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,386

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
TYLER PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM UNICCO CONTRACTED
SERVICES AND KELLY SERVICES
TYLER, TEXAS

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 July 15, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Tyler Plant, Tyler,
Texas (Goodyear). Workers of the firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of tires. The petitioning
workers are engaged in activities related to the supply of
decommissioning/demolition services.
The worker group also consists of on-site leased workers of
Unicco Contracted Services and Kelly Services.
The workers of Goodyear were certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) based on a shift in
production of tires abroad, which expired on December 20, 2009,
under case number TA-W-62,405.
The investigation revealed that workers of Goodyear who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of
decommissioning/demolition services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm have been separated or
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because the firm has shifted to
a foreign country the production of articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to a foreign
country of tires by Goodyear contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Goodyear.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company, Tyler Plant, Tyler, Texas including on-site
leased workers of Unicco Contracted Services and Kelly
Services who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
decommissioning/demolition 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 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Tyler
Plant, Tyler, Texas including on-site leased workers of
Unicco Contracted Services and Kelly Services, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 21 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 27th day of August, 2010.


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