DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,067

ALCOA, INC.
ALCOA, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department
of Labor herein presents the results of an investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a
Firm under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a),
are satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or
directly competitive with articles produced or
services supplied by such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales
or production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a
petition filed on May 18, 2009 by an American Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Technical Assistance Labor Coordinator on behalf of workers
of Alcoa, Inc., Alcoa, Tennessee. The workers produce
aluminum.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alcoa,
Inc., Alcoa, Tennessee who are engaged in employment
related to production of aluminum meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
have become totally or partially separated, and are
threatened with becoming totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
sales and/or production of aluminum at Alcoa, Inc.,
Alcoa, Tennessee have decreased absolutely in the
relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports
of articles like or directly competitive with the
aluminum produced by Alcoa, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met
because increased imports of aluminum by Alcoa, Inc.
contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Alcoa, Inc., Alcoa,
Tennessee.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alcoa, Inc.,
Alcoa, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to
production of aluminum meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Alcoa, Inc., Alcoa, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 18, 2008, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day of June, 2009.

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