DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,642

JOHNSTOWN WIRE TECHNOLOGIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
JOHNSTOWN, 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 10, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Johnstown Wire Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
The workers produce electro galvanized rod and wire and cold
heading quality wire used in the production of automotive fastening
systems.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplied
electro galvanized rod and wire and cold heading quality wire used
in the production of automotive fastening systems and a loss of
business with this manufacturer of automotive fastening systems
whose workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance contributed importantly to the separation or threat of
separation of workers at Johnstown Wire Technologies, Johnstown,
Pennsylvania.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of 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 workers of Johnstown Wire
Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Johnstown Wire Technologies, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, Johnstown, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 9, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 11th day of February, 2009

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