TAA Decision 72948
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,948
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
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(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f), can be
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 (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)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 25, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The workers were engaged in activities related to the storage
and distribution of passenger, light truck, and medium tires.
The investigation revealed that on June 25, 2009, the United
States International Trade Commission (USITC) found that certain
passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the People's
Republic of China are being imported into the United States in
such increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause
or threaten to cause market disruption to the domestic producers
of like or directly competitive products. (Investigation No. TA-
421-7)
Specific locations of Cooper Tire and Rubber Company were
publicly identified by name by the USITC as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(f) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(f). In addition, the determination was published in
the Federal register on June 25, 2009 which is within one year
of the date of the petition filed requesting TAA Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper Tire & Rubber
Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa who were engaged in activities
related to the storage and distribution of passenger, light truck,
and medium ties meet the certification criteria under Section
222(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, in the worker group, who are totally or partially
separated on or after June 25, 2008, through the date of the
certification and who become totally or partially separated
from that employment from the date of the certification
through June 25, 2010, 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 26th day of April, 2010
/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance