DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

TA-W-74,666

GOODYEAR
WINGFOOT COMMERCIAL TIRE
PORTLAND, OREGON

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(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal
Register; and
(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 27, 2010, by an Oregon State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of Goodyear, Wingfoot Commercial
Tire, Portland, Oregon. The workers provided commercial tire
distribution and retread manufacturing services. The petition
alleged that the firm was part of an industry which had been
impacted by foreign trade.
The investigation revealed that on June 25, 2009, the
International Trade Commission found that the domestic
passenger vehicle and light truck tire industry, including
Goodyear, had been impacted by imports of like or competitive
tires from China. A petition has been filed on behalf of
workers of Goodyear. That firm was publicly identified by name
by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(f) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(f). That determination was made on June 25, 2009,
which is within one year of the date of the petition filed
requesting TAA certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Goodyear, Wingfoot
Commercial Tire, Portland, Oregon, who provide commercial tire
distribution and retread manufacturing services, meet the
requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act. In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Goodyear, Wingfoot Commercial Tire,
Portland, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 25, 2008 through June 25,
2010 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 January, 2011

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance