DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,528

THE WARREN COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM ADVANCED PLACEMENT
ERIE, 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 March 9, 2009, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
The Warren Company, Erie, Pennsylvania. The workers produce
unfinished and fabricated steel.
The investigation revealed that The Warren Company, Erie,
Pennsylvania, supplies component parts for industrial heat treat
furnaces and a loss of business with manufacturers of industrial
heat treat furnaces whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at The Warren Company, Erie,
Pennsylvania.
In addition, 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 The Warren Company,
Erie, 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 The Warren Company, including on-site leased
workers from Advanced Placement, Erie, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 6, 2008, 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 3rd day of April 2009

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