DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,554

TUBE FAB/ROMAN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
AFTON, 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 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 in response to a petition
received on March 11, 2009, in response to a petition filed on
behalf of workers of Tube Fab/Roman Engineering Company, Inc.,
Afton, Michigan. The workers produce fabricated metal tubing
assemblies.
The investigation revealed that Tube Fab/Roman Engineering
Company, Inc., Afton, Michigan, supplies component parts for the
automotive industry a loss of business with a manufacturer of
steering mechanisms whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at Tube Fab/Roman Engineering
Company, Inc., Afton, Michigan.
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 Tube Fab/Roman
Engineering Company, Inc., Afton, Michigan, 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 Tube Fab/Roman Engineering Company, Inc.,
Afton, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 3, 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 16th day of June 2009


/s/Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance