DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,020

THE ELECTRIC MATERIALS COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED STARS, INC.
NORTH EAST, 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 April 29, 2010 by three workers of The Electric
Materials Company, a subsidiary of United Stars, Inc., North
East, Pennsylvania. Workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of commutators, rotors, copper extrusions,
bars, rods castings and forgings, and switchgear components.
The investigation revealed that workers at the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have become separated from employment
during the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of the subject firm decreased during the period
under investigation
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because
customers' reliance on imports of commutators, rotors, copper
extrusions, bars, rods castings and forgings, and switchgear
components that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm have increased during the
relevant period.
The U.S. Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
major declining customer regarding their purchases of
commutators, rotors, copper extrusions, bars, rods castings
and forgings, and switchgear components during 2008, 2009, and
January through May 2010 over the corresponding 2009 period.
The survey revealed that customers increased their imports of
commutators, rotors, copper extrusions, bars, rods castings
and forgings, and switchgear components that are like or
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of commutators, rotors, copper
extrusions, bars, rods castings and forgings, and switchgear
components contributed importantly to the worker separations
and sales/production declines at the subject firm.















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Electric
Materials Company, a subsidiary of United Stars, Inc., North
East, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of commutators, rotors, copper extrusions,
bars, rods castings and forgings, and switchgear components,
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 The Electric Materials Company, a
subsidiary of United Stars, Inc., North East,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 12, 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 30th day of September, 2010


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