DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,691

NATIONAL MATERIAL COMPANY
ARNOLD, PENNSYLVANIA

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 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 July 16, 2009, by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 1324, on behalf of workers of National Material Company,
Arnold, Pennsylvania. The workers produce slit steel.
The investigation revealed that workers of National
Material Company, Arnold, Pennsylvania who are engaged in
employment related to slit steel meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers were separated from employment during the
relevant period under investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
National Material Company, Arnold, Pennsylvania produced and
sold slit steel to Springs Window Fashions, Montgomery,
Pennsylvania to be incorporated into window coverings.
Workers of Springs Window Fashions, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
are covered by certification number TA-W-62,704 issued based
on a shift in production to a foreign country with a free
trade agreement on February 27, 2008.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by National Material Company with Springs Window Fashions
contributed importantly to the worker separations and
sales/production decline at the Arnold, Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of National Material
Company, Arnold, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of slit 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 National Material Company, Arnold,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 13, 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 26th day of February, 2010

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