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TAW-81713  /  Siemens Baltimore Facility (Sparrows Point, MD)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 06/12/2011
Filed Date: 06/13/2012
Most Recent Update: 07/12/2012
Determination Date: 07/12/2012
Expiration Date: 07/12/2014

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,713

SIEMENS BALTIMORE FACILITY
CUSTOMER SERVICES DIVISION
METALLURGICAL SERVICES
INCLUDING AN ON-SITE LEASED WORKER FROM
MARK F. WINSTEAD, INC.
SPARROWS POINT, MARYLAND

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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;

(2) 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

(3) 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), 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 June 13, 2012 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Siemens Baltimore Facility, Customer Services
Division, Metallurgical Services, Sparrows Point, Maryland.
The worker group herein known as Siemens Baltimore Facility
also includes an on-site leased worker from Mark F. Winstead,
Inc. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of flat rolled steel. Specifically, the
subject worker group provides heavy mechanical repair services
for continuous caster molds and segments for their sole
customer.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Siemens Baltimore
Facility is a Supplier 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 is related to the finished article that was the basis
for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Siemens Baltimore Facility with the firm that
employed a certified worker group contributed importantly to
worker separations at Siemens Baltimore Facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Siemens Baltimore
Facility, Customer Services Division, Metallurgical Services,
including an on-site leased worker from Mark F. Winstead,
Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of heavy mechanical repairs to
continuous caster molds and segments meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Siemens Baltimore Facility, Customer
Services Division, Metallurgical Services, including an
on-site leased worker from Mark F. Winstead, Inc.,
Sparrows Point, Maryland, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 12, 2011
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 12th day of July, 2012.


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