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TAW-71693  /  Ceco Building Systems (Columbus, MS)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/16/2008
Filed Date: 07/16/2009
Most Recent Update: 10/27/2009
Determination Date: 10/27/2009
Expiration Date: 10/27/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,693

CECO BUILDING SYSTEMS
ROBERSTON-CECO II CORP. DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM THE CPI GROUP, INC.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 16, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ceco Building Systems, Robertson-Ceco II Corp.
Division, a subsidiary of NCI Building Systems, Columbus,
Mississippi (Ceco Building Systems). The workers produce steel
building systems. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from The CPI Group, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ceco Building
Systems who are engaged in employment related to the
production of steel building systems meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of steel building systems to Mexico by Ceco
Building Systems contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ceco Building Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ceco Building
Systems, Robertson-Ceco II Corp. Division, a subsidiary of NCI
Building Systems, Columbus, Mississippi, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of steel building systems
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 Ceco Building Systems, Robertson-Ceco II
Corp. Division, a subsidiary of NCI Building Systems,
including on-site leased workers from The CPI Group,
Inc., Columbus, Mississippi, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 16,
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 27th day of October, 2009

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