DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,900

GUNITE CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TRUCK COMPONENTS, INC., WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY
OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY OF
ACCURIDE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BRIDGE STAFFING, EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT, PERSONNEL PARTNERS, AND
AEROTEK
ELKHART, 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 August 16, 2012 by a company official and the
Teamsters on behalf of workers of Gunite Corporation, a
subsidiary of Truck Components, Inc., which is a subsidiary of
Transportation Technologies, Inc., which is a subsidiary of
Accuride Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana (Gunite). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
brake drums, rotors, spoke wheels, wheel hubs and automatic
slack adjusters for assembly on original equipment
manufacturers (OEM) Class 6-8 trucks and trailers. The
workers are not separately identifiable. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Bridge Staffing,
Express Employment, Personnel Partners, and Aerotek
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its major 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 of
brake drums, rotors, spoke wheels, wheel hubs and automatic
slack adjusters by Gunite 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 Gunite 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 declines at Gunite.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gunite Corporation,
a subsidiary of Truck Components, Inc., which is a subsidiary
of Transportation Technologies, Inc., which is a subsidiary of
Accuride Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Bridge Staffing, Express Employment, Personnel Partners, and
Aerotek, Elkhart, Indiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of brake drums, rotors, spoke
wheels, wheel hubs and automatic slack adjusters 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 Gunite Corporation, a subsidiary of Truck
Components, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Transportation
Technologies, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Accuride
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Bridge
Staffing, Express Employment, Personnel Partners, and
Aerotek, Elkhart, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August
16, 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 27th day of September, 2012.


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