DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,706

MIDLAND STEEL PRODUCTS CO.
CLEVELAND, OHIO

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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on May 7, 2003 in response to
a petition filed of workers at Midland Steel Products Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio. The workers at the subject firm produced truck
frame rails/reinforcements; workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The investigation revealed sales and employment declined
absolutely during the period of January through April 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002. The subject firm shutdown
operations on May 15, 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did not import truck frame rails/reinforcements during the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding purchases of truck frame
rails/reinforcements. This survey revealed increased imports of
truck frame rails/reinforcements during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with truck frame rails/reinforcements
produced at Midland Steel Products Co., Cleveland, Ohio 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 Midland Steel Products Co., Cleveland, Ohio
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 30, 2002 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 13th day of June, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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