DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,536

CANNON EQUIPMENT SOUTHEAST
A SUBSIDIARY OF CANNON EQUIPMENT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, ADVANTAGE STAFFING AND BELCAN STAFFING
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

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 April 25, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cannon Equipment Southeast, a subsidiary of Cannon
Equipment Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Cannon Equipment
Southeast). The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Aerotek, Advantage Staffing and Belcan Staffing. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of carts, point-of-purchase displays and front end
merchandise displays.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and a survey of the subject
firm's largest declining customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of carts, point-of-purchase displays and
front end merchandise displays by Cannon Equipment Southeast
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Cannon Equipment Southeast have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Cannon Equipment Southeast.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cannon Equipment
Southeast, a subsidiary of Cannon Equipment Company, including
on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Advantage Staffing and
Belcan Staffing, Chattanooga, Tennessee, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of carts, point-of-
purchase displays and front end merchandise displays, 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 Cannon Equipment Southeast, a subsidiary
of Cannon Equipment Company, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Advantage Staffing and Belcan
Staffing, Chattanooga, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 25,
2011, 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 12th day of June, 2012.


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