DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,703

DAYCO PRODUCTS, LLC
GLOBAL BELT OPERATIONS
WALTERBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 8, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Dayco Products, LLC, Global Belt Operations,
Walterboro, South Carolina (Dayco-Global Belt). The subject
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of parts
for construction, automotive, and industrial companies. The
subject worker group (Dayco-Global Belt) is engaged in
activities related to the production of rubber belts. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The subject worker group does not include on-site leased
workers.
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 Dayco-Global Belt 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Dayco-Global Belt.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dayco-Global Belt,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
rubber belts, 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 Dayco Products, LLC, Global Belt
Operations, Walterboro, South Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after March 6,
2016 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 21st day of April 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance