UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-98,342

R.A. PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES, INC

AFTERMARKET DIVISION

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility

To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For

Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("the Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
("Department") herein presents the results of an investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance ("TAA") for workers.

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, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2)(B)(i) there has been a shift in production by such
workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country of
articles like or directly competitive with articles which
are produced by such firm or subdivision; and

(ii)(I) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;

(II) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary under
the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean

Basin Economic Act; or

(III) there has been or is likely to be an increase
in imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced by
such firm or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) petition dated June 22, 2022 and filed
on June 23, 2022, by a other authorized representative on behalf
of former workers of R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc., Aftermarket
division, Santa Fe Springs, California, Santa Fe Springs,
California.

In accordance with 20 CFR 618.110 a worker group is defined
as, ""¦inclusive of teleworkers and staffed workers."

The group of workers is engaged in activities related to the
production of heavy duty automotive, hoses and accessories.

The petition alleges that worker separations, or threats
hereof, were due to all production is being moved to Mexico.

During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the petitioner and the workers' firm.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc.,
Aftermarket division, Santa Fe Springs, California, 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 production of heavy duty automotive, hoses and
accessories, or like or directly competitive articles, to a
country party to a free trade agreement with the United States.

ALTERNATIVE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2813, the Department herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
("ATAA") for older workers.

The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied if the
following criteria are met:

(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).

The Department has further determined that Section
246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has not been met. The investigation revealed
that the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are
easily transferable to other jobs within the workers' region.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of R.A. Phillips
Industries, Inc., Aftermarket division, Santa Fe Springs,
California, Santa Fe Springs, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of heavy duty automotive,
hoses and accessories, 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 R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc., Aftermarket
division, Santa Fe Springs, California, Santa Fe Springs,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 22, 2021, 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; and I further determine that all
workers of R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc., Aftermarket
division, Santa Fe Springs, California, Santa Fe Springs,
California are denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of June, 2022.

/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance