DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,002

AUBURN LEATHER COMPANY
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER G.W. CALDWELL
LLC AND ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM QUALITY PERSONNEL
AUBURN, KENTUCKY

TA-W-94,002A

AUBURN LEATHER COMPANY DBA OLD KENTUCKY LEATHER
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER G.W. CALDWELL
LLC AND ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM QUALITY PERSONNEL
FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY

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 July 24, 2018 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Auburn Leather Company, including workers whose wages were
reported under G.W. Caldwell LLC and on-site leased workers
from Quality Personnel, Auburn, Kentucky (TA-W-94,002), and
Auburn Leather Company DBA Old Kentucky Leather, including
workers whose wages were reported under G.W. Caldwell LLC and
on-site leased workers from Quality Personnel, Franklin,
Kentucky (TA-W-94,002A) (herein referred to as "Auburn Leather
Company").
The workers at Auburn Leather Company in Auburn, Kentucky
were engaged in activities related to the production of
leather laces. The workers at Old Kentucky Leather in
Franklin, Kentucky produced the leather used for laces by the
workers at the Auburn facility. Old Kentucky Leather is a
tannery, where leather hides are stretched and dyed. Workers
at the Auburn, Kentucky facility finish, cut, pack and ship
the product.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Auburn
Leather Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Auburn Leather
Company, including workers whose wages were reported under
G.W. Caldwell LLC and on-site leased workers from Quality
Personnel, Auburn, Kentucky (TA-W-94,002), and Auburn Leather
Company DBA Old Kentucky Leather, including workers whose
wages were reported under G.W. Caldwell LLC and on-site leased
workers from Quality Personnel, Franklin, Kentucky (TA-W-
94,002A), who are engaged in activities related to the
production of leather laces, 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 Auburn Leather Company, including workers
whose wages were reported under G.W. Caldwell LLC and on-
site leased workers from Quality Personnel, Auburn,
Kentucky (TA-W-94,002), and Auburn Leather Company DBA
Old Kentucky Leather, including workers whose wages were
reported under G.W. Caldwell LLC and on-site leased
workers from Quality Personnel, Franklin, Kentucky (TA-W-
94,002A) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 24, 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 3rd day of August 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance