DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,316

O'NEAL STEEL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ALPHA OMEGA
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

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 20, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
O'Neal Steel, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia. The workers produced
fabricated steel.
The investigation revealed that workers of O'Neal Steel,
Inc., Roanoke, Virginia, including on-site leased workers from
Alpha Omega, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of fabricated steel, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the worker group was separated within the last year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because O'Neal Steel,
Inc., has shifted to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
the workers at Roanoke.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
fabricated steel to Mexico by O'Neal Steel, Inc., contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Roanoke
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of O'Neal Steel, Inc.,
Roanoke, Virginia, including on-site leased workers from Alpha
Omega, 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 O'Neal Steel, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia,
including on-site leased workers from Alpha Omega, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 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 29th day of September, 2009


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