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TAW-70103  /  Vesuvius USA (Charleston, IL)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/18/2008
Filed Date: 05/19/2009
Most Recent Update: 07/06/2009
Determination Date: 07/06/2009
Expiration Date: 07/06/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,103

VESUVIUS USA
A SUBSIDIARY OF COOKSON GROUP, PLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WESTAFF
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vesuvius USA, a subsidiary of Cookson Group PLC,
Charleston, Illinois (Vesuvius Charleston). The workers are
engaged in employment related to ceramic refractory products.
This involves the handling of raw materials to the production
of the final article.
The worker group also consists of on-site leased workers
from Westaff.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vesuvius USA
Charleston who are engaged in employment related to ceramic
refractory products meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm have been separated
comparing January through April 2009 when compared to the same
period in 2008.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of ceramic
refractory products to Mexico by Vesuvius USA Charleston
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Vesuvius USA Charleston.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vesuvius USA, a
subsidiary of Cookson Group PLC, Charleston, Illinois, who are
engaged in employment related to ceramic refractory products
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 Vesuvius USA, a subsidiary of Cookson
Group PLC, Charleston, Illinois, including on-site leased
workers from Westaff, 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 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 6th day of July, 2009.


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