DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,084

VALLEY TOWING PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
LODI, CALIFORNIA

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 January 12, 2011 by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Valley Towing Products, Lodi, California. The
subject firm produces trailer hitches. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Express Personnel Services
and Accountabilities.
The investigation revealed that the workers of the subject
firm meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm is threatened with
total separation.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm is
shifting production of trailer hitches to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico is
contributing importantly to worker group separations at Valley
Towing Products, Lodi, California.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Valley Towing
Products, Lodi, California 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 Valley Towing Products, including on-site
leased workers of Express Personnel Services and
Accountabilities, Lodi, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 11,
2010, 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 21st day of January, 2011

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