DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,104

TITAN WHEEL CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA
A SUBSIDIARY OF TITAN INTERNATIONAL INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LUTTRELL STAFFING GROUP
SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA


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 28, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Titan Wheel Corporation of
Virginia, a subsidiary of Titan International Inc., Saltville,
Virginia (Titan-Saltville). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of off-highway earthmoving
and construction wheels and aftermarket components (construction
wheels). The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Luttrell Staffing Group.
The workers of Titan Wheel Corporation of Virginia,
Saltville, Virginia were eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance benefits under TA-W-93,625 (certification expired on
July 25, 2020).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm and other sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Titan-Saltville 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 an article like
or directly competitive with the construction wheels produced by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Titan-Saltville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Titan-Saltville, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
construction wheels, 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 Titan Wheel Corporation of Virginia, a
subsidiary of Titan International Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Luttrell Staffing Group, Saltville,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 26, 2020 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 23rd day of November 2020.

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