DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,066

AKEBONO BRAKE CORPORATION
CLARKSVILLE PLANT
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO. LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD STAFFING,
QUALITY CONTROL CONSULTANTS GROUP LLC, AEROTEK,
AND LUTTRELL STAFFING
CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE


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 20, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Akebono Brake Corporation,
Clarksville Plant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Akebono Brake
Industry Co. Ltd., Clarksville, Tennessee (Akebono-Clarksville).
Workers of Akebono-Clarksville are engaged in activities related
to the production of motor vehicle brake systems and component
parts. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Randstad Staffing, Quality Control Consultants Group LLC, Aerotek,
and Luttrell Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Akebono-Clarksville 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(s) the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the motor vehicle brake systems
and component parts produced by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Akebono-
Clarksville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Akebono-Clarksville,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of motor
vehicle brake systems and component parts, 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 Akebono Brake Corporation, Clarksville
Plant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Akebono Brake Industry
Co. Ltd., including on-site leased workers from Randstad
Staffing, Quality Control Consultants Group LLC, Aerotek, and
Luttrell Staffing, Clarksville, Tennessee, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July 17,
2019 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 August 2020.

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