DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,506

GHT-CRAFT STEEL LLC
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 6, 2009, on behalf of workers of GHT-Craft
Steel LLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The workers produce
fabricated parts for appliances and machines.
The investigation revealed that workers of GHT-Craft Steel
LLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan who are engaged in employment
related to production of fabricated parts for appliances and
machines meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment at the
subject firm declined by at least five percent during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of fabricated parts for appliances and machines
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with
fabricated parts for appliances and machines produced by GHT-
Craft Steel LLC have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at GHT-Craft
Steel LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GHT-Craft Steel LLC,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to
production of fabricated parts for appliances and machines 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 GHT-Craft Steel LLC, Grand Rapids,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 5, 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 23rd day of April, 2010]


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