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TAW-71293  /  Worthington Steel Co. of Kentucky, LLC (Louisville, KY)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/18/2008
Filed Date: 06/18/2009
Most Recent Update: 01/06/2010
Determination Date: 01/06/2010
Expiration Date: 01/06/2012


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,293

WORTHINGTON STEEL COMPANY OF KENTUCKY, LLC
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY


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 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 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Worthington Steel Company of Kentucky, LLC.,
Louisville, Kentucky. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of carbon steel coils.
The investigation revealed that workers of Worthington
Steel Company of Kentucky who are engaged in activities
related to production of carbon steel coils meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers in the workers' firm have become separated during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Worthington
Steel Company of Kentucky produced and sold carbon steel coils
to a firm that employed a worker group that is covered by an
active certification to be incorporated into room air
conditioners and dehumidifiers.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Worthington Steel Company of Kentucky with the TAA-
certified firm, with respect to carbon steel coils sold to the
TAA-certified firm, contributed importantly to worker
separations at the Louisville, Kentucky facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Worthington Steel
Company of Kentucky, LLC., Louisville, Kentucky, who are
engaged in activities related to production of carbon steel
coils 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 Worthington Steel Company of Kentucky,
LLC., Louisville, Kentucky, 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 6th day of January, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance