DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,882

ALCOA, INC.
MASSENA WEST FACILITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ICON CONSULTANTS AND
HEADWAY CORPORATE STAFFING
MASSENA, NEW YORK
AND
REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ALCOA, INC.
MASSENA EAST FACILITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ICON CONSULTANTS
AND HEADWAY CORPORATE STAFFING
MASSENA, NEW YORK

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 31, 2009 by a Company Official on behalf of
workers of Alcoa, Inc., Massena West Facility, Massena New York
and Reynolds Metals Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcoa,
Inc., Massena East Facility, Massena, New York (Alcoa). The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Icon
Consultants and Headway Corporate Staffing at both the Massena
West and Massena East facilities. The workers produce aluminum
sows, ingots, cast-rods, and extruded shapes.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alcoa who are
engaged in activities related to the production of aluminum
sows, ingots, cast-rods, and extruded shapes meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated from the subject firm and the
remaining employees are threatened with additional
separations.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted production of like or directly competitive articles to
a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of articles
to a foreign country by Alcoa, contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Alcoa.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alcoa, Inc., Massena
West Facility, including on-site leased workers from Icon
Consultants and Headway Corporate Staffing, Massena, New York,
and Reynolds Metals Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcoa,
Inc., Massena East Facility, including on-site leased workers
from Icon Consultants and Headway Corporate Staffing, Massena,
New York, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of aluminum sows, ingots, cast-rods, and extruded
shapes 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 Alcoa, Inc., Massena West Facility,
including on-site leased workers from Icon Consultants and
Headway Corporate Staffing, Massena, New York, and Reynolds
Metals Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcoa, Inc.,
Massena East Facility, including on-site leased workers
from Icon Consultants and Headway Corporate Staffing,
Massena, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 30, 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 3rd day of December 2009.


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