Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/28/2002
Filed Date: 06/06/2003
Most Recent Update: 06/20/2003
Determination Date: 06/20/2003
Expiration Date: 06/20/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-51,965
COPPERWELD CORPORATION, BIRMINGHAM DIVISION
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 6, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Copperweld Corporation, Birmingham Division, Birmingham, Alabama.
The workers produce steel tubing.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is
transferring production to Canada and reducing employment at
Birmingham, Alabama during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers= firm or subdivision to Canada of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Copperweld Corporation, Birmingham Division,
Birmingham, Alabama who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 28, 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 20th day of June 2003.
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance