DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,207

THE PIERCE COMPANY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF AVIS INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
UPLAND, INDIANA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 10, 2011, by a company official and a union
official on behalf of workers of The Pierce Company, INC., a
subsidiary of Avis Industrial Corporation, Upland, Indiana. The
workers produce mechanical fuel pumps and mechanical governors.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Pierce
Company, INC., a subsidiary of Avis Industrial Corporation,
Upland, Indiana, who are engaged in employment related to
production of mechanical fuel pumps and mechanical governors,
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of mechanical fuel pumps and mechanical
governors by The Pierce Company, INC., a subsidiary of Avis
Industrial Corporation, Upland, Indiana have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the mechanical fuel
pumps and mechanical governors produced by the firm have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at the Upland,
Indiana facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Pierce Company,
INC., a subsidiary of Avis Industrial Corporation, Upland,
Indiana, who are engaged in employment related to production of
mechanical fuel pumps and mechanical governors, 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 The Pierce Company, INC., a subsidiary of
Avis Industrial Corporation, Upland, Indiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 9, 2010, 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 22nd day of April, 2011


/s/Michael W. Jaffe___
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance