DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,976

WORTHINGTON SPECIALTY PROCESSING
A JOINT VENTURE OF
WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. AND UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
CANTON, 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 services used
in the production of 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 April 22, 2010 on behalf of workers of Worthington
Specialty Processing, a joint venture of Worthington
Industries, Inc., and United States Steel Corporation, Canton,
Michigan (WSP). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of steel blanks and provide laser welding
services. The workers are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of WSP who are
engaged in activities related to the production of steel
blanks and provide laser welding services meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at WSP have become totally or
partially separated.

Criterion II has been met because workers of WSP produced
steel blanks and provided laser welding services that were
directly supplied to a firm with a currently certified TAA
worker group, and the component supplied was related to the
production of an article or the supply of a service that was
the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the steel blanks and
laser welding services produced and supplied by WSP for a firm
that employed a worker group covered by an active
certification accounted for at least 20 percent of the sales
of WSP.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Worthington Specialty
Processing, a joint venture of Worthington Industries, Inc.,
and United States Steel Corporation, Canton, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of steel blanks
and providing laser welding services meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Worthington Specialty Processing, a joint
venture of Worthington Industries, Inc., and United
States Steel Corporation, Canton, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
Apri 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 18th day of November, 2010.

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