DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,143

UNIVERSAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CHOICE ONE STAFFING GROUP,
ALLTEK STAFFING AND RESOURCE GROUP
ZELIENOPLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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.
The investigation was initiated on October 1, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steel Workers, Local
6436-23 on behalf of workers of Universal Manufacturing
Corporation, Zelienople, Pennsylvania. Workers at the subject firm
manufacture steel tubular scaffold and custom access staging.
Workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The subject firm also leased on-site workers from Choice One
Staffing Group, Alltek Staffing, and Resource Group.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of the steel tubular scaffold from 2006 to 2007,
and during January through August 2008 over the corresponding 2007
period.
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 steel tubular scaffold and custom
access staging produced by Universal Manufacturing Corporation,
Zelienople, Pennsylvania, 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 Universal Manufacturing Corporation,
Zelienople, Pennsylvania, including on-site leased workers
from Choice One Staffing Group, Alltek Staffing, and Resource
Group, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 30, 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 20th day of October 2008
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance