DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,494

ALLIANCE CASTINGS COMPANY, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF OHIO CASTINGS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF SELECT PEO, INC.
ALLIANCE, OHIO

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 22, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Alliance Castings Company, LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Ohio Castings, Alliance, Ohio. The workers
produce railcar castings such as side frames, bolsters,
couplers, yokes, and knuckles. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Select PEO, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alliance
Castings Company, LLC who are engaged in employment related to
production of railcar castings meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent f the workers have become separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of Alliance Castings Company, LLC have
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
railcar castings produced by Alliance Castings Company, LLC
have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Alliance Castings
Company, LLC contributed importantly to worker separations and
sales/production declines at the Alliance, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alliance Castings
Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ohio Castings,
Alliance, Ohio who are engaged in employment related to
production of railcar castings 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 Alliance Castings Company, LLC, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Ohio Castings, including on-site
leased workers from Select PEO, Inc., Alliance, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 21, 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 19th day of October, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance