DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,966

GERDAU AMERISTEEL
WILTON MILL
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM PHOENIX CORPORATION, FBG
JANITORIAL AND PERMAR SECURITY
WILTON, IOWA

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 June 4, 2009, by a union official of United Steel
Workers, Local 8581, on behalf of workers of Gerdau Ameristeel,
Wilton Mill, Wilton, Iowa. The workers produce long steel
products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Gerdau
Ameristeel who are engaged in employment related to long steel
products meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers was separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of long steel products by Gerdau Ameristeel
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with long steel products
by Gerdau Ameristeel have increased. Specifically, the firm
increasingly relied on imports relative to domestically
produced long steel products during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports by Gerdau Ameristeel contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at the Wilton, Iowa facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gerdau Ameristeel,
Wilton Mill, Wilton, Iowa, including on-site leased workers from
Phoenix Corporation, FBG Janitorial and Permar Security, who are
engaged in employment related to production of long steel
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 Gerdau Ameristeel, Wilton Mill, including
leased workers from Phoenix Corporation, FBG Janitorial and
Permar Security, Wilton, Iowa, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 22,
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 11th day of December, 2009

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