DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,114

ALLENTOWN METAL WORKS, INC.
ALLENTOWN, 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 19, 2011 by a representative from the United
Steelworkers, Local 2599-32, on behalf of workers of Allentown
Metal Works, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania. The workers were
engaged in activities related to heavy custom steel fabrication
and machined products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Allentown Metal
Works, Inc., who were engaged in activities related to heavy
custom steel fabrication and machined products, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because all the workers at
the workers' firm have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production by Allentown Metal Works, Inc. have 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 heavy custom steel and machined products produced by
Allentown Metal Works, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the sales/production declines and worker group separations
at Allentown Metal Works, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allentown Metal
Works, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, who were engaged in
activities related to heavy custom steel fabrication and
machined products, 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 Allentown Metal Works, Inc., Allentown,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 15, 2010, 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 15th day of April, 2011



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