DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,656

ALLIANCE RUBBER CO.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM FIRSTSTAFF
HOT SPRINGS, 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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A)
or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning
on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President
by the International Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section
202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 26, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
former workers of Alliance Rubber Co., Hot Springs, Arkansas. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of rubber bands. The subject firm includes on-site leased workers
from FirstStaff.
The investigation revealed that on February 15, 2019, the
International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
rubber bands from China and Thailand. A petition has been filed
on behalf of workers of Alliance Rubber Co., Hot Springs,
Arkansas. That firm was publicly identified by name by the ITC as
a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in a
category of determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination was
published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2019, which is
within one year of the date of the petition (March 25, 2019)
filed requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alliance Rubber Co.,
Hot Springs, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of rubber bands, meet the requirements of Section
222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Alliance Rubber Co., including on-site leased
workers from FirstStaff, Hot Springs, Arkansas, who became
totally or partially separated from that employment on or
after February 15, 2018, through February 15, 2020, 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 20th day of June 2019.

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