DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,027

STRAIGHTAWAY FABRICATIONS, LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF SPHERION STAFFING AND
I-FORCE, LLC
ASHLAND, OHIO

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 August 12, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Straightaway Fabrications, Ltd., Ashland, Ohio. The
workers provide maintenance services for Chrysler production
equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Straightaway
Fabrications, Ltd., Ashland, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to maintenance services of Chrysler
production equipment, meet the criteria as suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Straightaway Fabrications, Ltd. provided and sold maintenance
services of production equipment to Chrysler, LLC, a producer
of automobiles. Workers of Chrysler, LLC are covered by
numerous certifications, including certification number TA-W-
63,052, issued based on the increased imports of automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Straightaway Fabrications, Ltd. with respect to maintenance
services of production equipment sold to Chrysler, LLC
contributed importantly to worker separations at Straightaway
Fabrications, Ltd.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Straightaway
Fabrications, Ltd., including on-site leased workers of
Spherion Staffing and I-Force, LLC, Ashland, Ohio, who are
engaged in employment related to maintenance services of
production equipment 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 Straightaway Fabrications, Ltd., including
on-site leased workers of Spherion Staffing and I-Force,
LLC, Ashland, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 12, 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 22nd day of September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance