DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,763

LEED FOUNDRY, INC.
SAINT CLAIR, 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 March 22, 2010 by the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics
and Allied Workers International Union (GMPIU), Local 240, on
behalf of workers of Leed Foundry, Inc., Saint Clair,
Pennsylvania (Leed Foundry, Inc.). Workers at the subject firm
are engaged in activities related to the production of
construction castings (i.e. cast iron manhole frames and covers
and roadway drainage grates). Workers are not separately
identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of Leed Foundry,
Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the production of
construction castings meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
sales/production of construction castings by the subject firm
have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with construction
castings produced by Leed Foundry, Inc. have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of construction castings during the relevant period.
The survey revealed an increased customer reliance on imported
construction castings.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of construction castings by customers of
Leed Foundry, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Leed Foundry, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Leed Foundry, Inc.,
Saint Clair, Pennsylvania who are engaged in activities related
to the production of construction 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 Leed Foundry, Inc., Saint Clair,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 19, 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 September, 2010.


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