DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,156

WEST ALLIS DUCTILE IRON
A SUBSIDIARY OF METAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF SOURCEPOINT STAFFING
WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN

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 28, 2009 by the United Steel Workers Local 2-69
on behalf of workers of West Allis Ductile Iron, a subsidiary of
Metal Technologies Inc., West Allis, Wisconsin. The workers
were engaged in the production of ductile iron castings. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers of Sourcepoint
Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
who are engaged in the production of ductile iron castings
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated by the subject firm.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of the
subject firm produced and sold ductile iron castings to Briggs
& Stratton, Murray, Kentucky (TA-W-61,380) and Robert Bosch
Corporation, St. Joseph, Michigan (TA-W-62,337) to be
incorporated into gasoline engines and automotive braking
system components. Workers of Briggs & Stratton were
certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance, based on a shift in
production of gasoline engines. Workers of Robert Bosch
Corporation were certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance,
based upon an increased reliance on imports of disc brake
caliper assemblies.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by the subject firm with respect to ductile iron castings sold
to Briggs & Stratton and Robert Bosch Corporation contributed
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of West Allis Ductile
Iron, a subsidiary of Metal Technologies, Inc., including on-
site leased workers of Sourcepoint Staffing, West Allis,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in the production of ductile iron
castings, 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 West Allis Ductile Iron, a subsidiary of
Metal Technologies, Inc., including on-site leased workers
of Sourcepoint Staffing, West Allis, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 27, 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 9th day of October, 2009.


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