DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,531

ROYAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
D/B/A TTI FLOOR CARE N.A.
NORTH CANTON, OHIO

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 1, 2016 by International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local #1985, AFL-CIO on behalf of
workers of Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company, D/B/A TTI
Floor Care N.A., North Canton, Ohio. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of disposable
paper vacuum cleaner bags. The subject worker group is engaged
in the supply distribution services.
Workers of the Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company,
D/B/A TTI Floor Care N.A., North Canton, Ohio were previously
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) under TA-W-82,001A that certification expired on October
24, 2014. The previous certification was based on a shift in
production.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company, D/B/A
TTI Floor Care N.A., North Canton, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Royal Appliance
Manufacturing Company, D/B/A TTI Floor Care N.A., North
Canton, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of disposable paper vacuum cleaner bags 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 Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company,
D/B/A TTI Floor Care N.A., North Canton, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 1, 2015 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 May 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance