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TAW-95174  /  Jacobson Warehouse Company, Inc. (Montgomery, IL)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 09/10/2018
Filed Date: 09/11/2019
Most Recent Update: 02/07/2021
Determination Date: 02/07/2021
Expiration Date: 02/07/2023

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,174

JACOBSON WAREHOUSE COMPANY INC.

A SUBSIDIARY OF XPO LOGISTICS INC.

MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:

(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is related
to the article or service that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either

(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm;
or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly
to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or services used in the
production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case
may be, that were the basis for a certification of eligibility
under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a group of
workers employed by such other firm."

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 11, 2019 on behalf of workers and former
workers of Jacobson Warehouse Company, Inc., a subsidiary of XPO
Logistics Inc., Montgomery, Illinois (Jacobson Warehouse
Company). Workers of Jacobson Warehouse Company are engaged in
activities related to the supply of logistical production support
for external customers.

Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Jacobson Warehouse Company have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.

Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Jacobson Warehouse
Company is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification.

Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the afore-referenced firm contributed importantly
to worker separations at Jacobson Warehouse Company.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jacobson Warehouse
Company meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:

"All workers of Jacobson Warehouse Company, Inc., a
subsidiary of XPO Logistics Inc., Montgomery, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 10, 2018 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 7th day of February, 2021

/s/ Del-Min Amy Chen
_______________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance