DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,858

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 2, 2001, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company, Cartersville, Georgia. The workers
produce tire cord fabric.
This investigation revealed that sales, employment and
production declined during the period of this investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major customers regarding purchases of tire cord
fabric. Findings of the survey revealed that the subject firm's
customers are increasingly relying on purchases of tire cord
fabric from abroad.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with tire cord fabric produced at The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Cartersville, Georgia,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and
to the total or partial separation of workers of the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
Cartersville, Georgia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 17, 2000, through
two years from the date of certification are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 3rd day of May, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance