DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,991

WOODSIDE-UNITED ACQUISITION, LLC
d/b/a UNITED STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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.
This investigation was initiated on September 5, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a Michigan state TAA
Administrator on behalf of workers of Woodside-United
Acquisition, LLC, d/b/a United Steel and Wire Company, Battle
Creek, Michigan. The workers produce wire shopping carts, hand
baskets, and material handling carts.
Employment and production at the Battle Creek, Michigan
facility declined from 2007 through September 2008.
In 2007 the subject firm imported products like those
manufactured at the subject facility, replacing a major portion
of production there.
United States aggregate imports of articles in the category
inclusive of articles of iron or steel wire like those
manufactured at the subject plant increased from 2006 to 2007
and also in January through August 2008 compared with the same
period in 2007.
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 group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with the wire shopping carts, hand
baskets, and material handling carts produced at Woodside-United
Acquisition, LLC, d/b/a United Steel and Wire Company, Battle
Creek, Michigan, contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production
at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Capel Woodside-United Acquisition, LLC,
d/b/a United Steel and Wire Company, Battle Creek,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 4, 2007 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of October 2008

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance