DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,217

IRONTIGER LOGISTICS, INC.
2801 WOOD DRIVE
GARLAND, TEXAS

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production
or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly
to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for another
firm for articles or services with respect to which a group of
workers in such other firm has been certified under subsection
(a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term "value-
added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 6, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of IronTiger Logistics, Inc., 2801 Wood Drive,
Garland, Texas (IronTiger). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of truck decking services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and customer.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because workers of IronTiger
is a Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such service is
related to the actual finished article or service that was the
basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by IronTiger with the aforementioned firm contributed
importantly to worker separations at IronTiger.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IronTiger Logistics,
Inc., 2801 Wood Drive, Garland, Texas, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of decking services meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:






"All workers of IronTiger Logistics, Inc., 2801 Wood Drive,
Garland, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 5, 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 18th day of January, 2013.

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