DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,040

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
GRANITE CITY WORKS DIVISION
GRANITE CITY, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), 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 services used
in the production of 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 June 8, 2009, by the United Steelworkers of America,
District 7, on behalf of workers of United States Steel
Corporation, Granite City Works Division, Granite City,
Illinois (United States Steel Corporation, Granite City Works
Division). The workers were engaged in employment related to
the production of flat rolled steel.
The investigation revealed that workers of United States
Steel Corporation, Granite City Works Division, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of flat rolled
steel, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at United States Steel Corporation,
Granite City Works Division was separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been met because United States Steel
Corporation, Granite City Works Division provided flat rolled
steel products to a firm that employed a worker group that is
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and
the flat rolled steel products were used to produce steel
tubular products.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by United States Steel Corporation, Granite City Works
Division, with respect to flat rolled steel products provided,
to the TAA-certified firm contributed importantly to
separations at United States Steel Corporation, Granite City
Works Division, Granite City, Illinois.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of United States Steel
Corporation, Granite City Works Division, Granite City,
Illinois, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of flat rolled steel, 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 United States Steel Corporation, Granite
City Works Division, Granite City, Illinois, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 5, 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 16th day of December, 2009

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance