DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,344

UNIVERSAL STAINLESS AND ALLOY PRODUCTS INC.
BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 January 25, 2010 by the United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union, District 10 on behalf of
workers of Universal Stainless and Alloy Products, Bridgeville,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce specialty steel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Universal
Stainless and Alloy Products, Inc., who are engaged in
employment related to production of specialty steel, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of specialty steel by Universal Stainless
and Alloy Products, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
specialty steel produced by Universal Stainless and Alloy
Products, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Universal Stainless and Alloy Products, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Universal Stainless
and Alloy Products, Inc., Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in employment related to production of specialty steel,
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 Universal Stainless and Alloy Products,
Inc., Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 18,
2009, 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 June, 2010.

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance