DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,558

ITW GLOBAL TIRE REPAIR
A SUBSIDIARY OF ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS (ITW)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HUGHES STAFFING AGENCY
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

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 February 20, 2018 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of ITW Global Tire Repair, a subsidiary of
Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Little Rock, Arkansas (ITW Global
Tire Repair). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of tire sealant. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Hughes Staffing Agency.
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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the tire sealant
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at ITW Global Tire Repair.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ITW Global Tire
Repair, Little Rock, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of tire sealant, 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 ITW Global Tire Repair, a subsidiary of
Illinois Tool Works (ITW), including on-site leased
workers from Hughes Staffing Agency, Little Rock,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 16, 2017 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 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance