DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,740

BARON DRAWN STEEL CORPORATION
TOLEDO, OHIO

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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.
The investigation was initiated on August 15, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Baron Drawn Steel Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. The
workers provide administrative support services for Baron Drawn
Steel Corporation.
The investigation revealed that Baron Drawn Steel
Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, does not produce an article within
the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be
considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking
certification (or on whose behalf certification is being sought)
must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces
an article and there must be a relationship between the workers'
work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision.
All workers of Baron Drawn Steel Corporation in Toledo,
Ohio, were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under petition number TA-W-52,445, which expired August 25,
2005. Production ceased at the Toledo plant of the subject firm
in 2003.
The administrative workers described above support a firm
or appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
however their job functions were domestically transferred
domestically.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Baron Drawn Steel
Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974 as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of September 2005

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