DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,239

SOUTHERN STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY, INC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SSW MOLDING COMPANY, INC
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS


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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Southern Steel and Wire Company, Inc., a subsidiary
of SSW Molding Company, Inc., Fort Smith, Arkansas. The
workers produce steel wire baskets and shelves for
refrigerators. The petitioner alleged that their main
customer has shifted production to a foreign country and
increased imports from a foreign country.
The investigation revealed that workers of Southern Steel
and Wire Company, Inc., who are engaged in employment related
to steel wire shelves and baskets meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
the workers were separated from employment in the first
quarter of 2009 when compared to the same time period of the
previous year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Southern Steel and Wire Company, Inc., produced and sold steel
wire shelves and baskets to Whirlpool Corporation to be
incorporated into refrigerators. Workers of Whirlpool
Corporation are covered by certification number TA-W-64,085
issued based on the increased company imports of
refrigerators.
Criterion III has been met because the steel wire shelves
and baskets produced by Southern Steel and Wire Company, Inc.,
for Whirlpool Corporation accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of Southern Steel and Wire Company,
Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Southern Steel and
Wire Company, Inc., a subsidiary of SSW Molding Company, Inc.,
Fort Smith, Arkansas, who are engaged in employment related to
steel wire shelves and baskets 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 Southern Steel and Wire Company, Inc., a
subsidiary of SSW Molding Company, Inc., Fort Smith,
Arkansas, 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 29th day of June, 2009.


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