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TAW-72937  /  Severstal Dearborn, Inc. (Dearborn, MI)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 10/30/2008
Filed Date: 11/24/2009
Most Recent Update: 01/25/2010
Determination Date: 01/25/2010
Expiration Date: 01/25/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,937

SEVERSTAL DEARBORN, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
PEROT SYSTEM, ENTECH, HUMAN CAPITAL SERIVICES,
AND PRUDENTIAL SECURITY
DEARBORN, 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(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 November 24, 2009 by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Local 600 on behalf of workers of Severstal
Dearborn, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North America,
including on-site leased workers of Perot Systems, Entech,
Human Capital Services, and Prudential Security, Dearborn,
Michigan. The subject firm produces flat rolled steel products
for the automotive, pipe and tubing, and service center
industries. The investigation revealed that workers of the
subject firm 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 the
subject firm produced and supplied flat rolled steel products
to TAA-certified customers who incorporated the products into
automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the flat rolled steel
products produced by the subject firm accounted for a
significant portion of sales to the aforementioned TAA-
certified customers.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Severstal Dearborn,
Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North America, including on-
site leased workers of Perot Systems, Entech, Human Capital
Services, and Prudential Security, Dearborn, Michigan who are
engaged in activities related to the production of flat rolled
steel products 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 Severstal Dearborn, Inc., a subsidiary of
Severstal North America, including on-site leased workers
of Perot Systems, Entech, Human Capital Services, and
Prudential Security, Dearborn, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 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 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 25th day of January 2010.



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