DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,717

JOSEPH T. RYERSON AND SON, INC.
INCLUDES ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
CRST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
BURNS HARBOR, INDIANA



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 17, 2009 on behalf of the workers of Joseph T.
Ryerson and Son, Inc., Burns Harbor, Indiana (Joseph T. Ryerson and
Son, Inc). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the production of carbon slit steel. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Joseph T. Ryerson
and Son, Inc., Burns Harbor, Indiana who are engaged in employment
related to the production of carbon slit steel meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Joseph T.
Ryerson and Son, Inc. produced and sold carbon slit steel to firms
that employed worker groups who are covered by active
certifications to be incorporated into air handling products.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
Joseph T. Ryerson and Son, Inc. with TAA-certified firms, with
respect to carbon slit steel sold to the TAA-certified firms,
contributed importantly to worker separations at Joseph T.
Ryerson and Son, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Joseph T. Ryerson and
Son, Inc., Burns Harbor, Indiana who are engaged in activities
related to the production of carbon 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 Joseph T. Ryerson and Son, Inc., Burns Harbor,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 6, 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 17th day of March 2010


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance