DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,459

PDC GLASS AND METAL SERVICES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED GLASS CORPORATION
CHESWICK, 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 February 5, 2010 by a union representative of United
Steelworkers (USW), Local 505, on behalf of workers of PDC
Glass and Metal Service, Inc., a subsidiary of United Glass
Corporation, Cheswick, Pennsylvania. The workers are engaged
in activities related to production of insulated and single
pane window and door units for commercial construction.
The investigation revealed that workers of PDC Glass and
Metal Service, Inc., Cheswick, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to production of insulated and single pane
window and door units, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers in the workers' firm have been totally
or partially separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of insulated and single pane window and door
units by the firm decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the insulated and single pane window and door units
produced by PDC Glass and Metal Service, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at the Cheswick, Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PDC Glass and Metal
Service, Inc., a subsidiary of United Glass Corporation,
Cheswick, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
production of insulated and single pane window and door units,
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 PDC Glass and Metal Service, Inc., a
subsidiary of United Glass Corporation, Cheswick,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 29, 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 6th day of January, 2011

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