DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,478

MAYSTEEL, LLC
MAYVILLE, WISCONSIN

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, the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply
for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance,
the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or
(a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is determined
in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have
been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 6, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Maysteel, LLC, Mayville, Wisconsin. The workers at the subject firm
produce electric and electronic sheet metal enclosures; they are not
separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and employment
at the subject firm decreased absolutely from 2001 to 2002. The
investigation further revealed that the subject firm did not import
electric and electronic sheet metal enclosures or shift production of
electric and electronic sheet metal enclosures to a foreign country.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firms major declining
customers regarding their purchases of electric and electronic sheet
metal enclosures. This survey revealed increases in imports of
electric and electronic sheet metal enclosures during the period under
investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I
conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with electric and electronic sheet metal enclosures
produced at Maysteel, LLC, Mayville, Wisconsin contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Maysteel, LLC, Mayville, Wisconsin who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 27, 2001 through two years from the date of certification
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 17th day of March, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance