DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,905

WELDED TUBE – BERKELEY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SNELLING, AEROTEK AND EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
HUGER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on October 10, 2012, applicable to workers
of Welded Tube – Berkeley, including on-site leased workers from
Snelling and Aerotek, Huger, South Carolina. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of steel pipe.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on October 29,
2012 (77 FR 65583).
At the request of South Carolina State, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information from the company shows that workers leased from
Express Personnel Services were employed on-site at the Huger,
South Carolina location of Welded Tube – Berkeley. The
Department has determined that these workers were sufficiently
under the control of Welded Tube – Berkeley to be considered
leased workers.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
increased customer imports of steel pipe.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Express Personnel
Services working on-site at the Huger, South Carolina location of
the subject firm.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,905 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers from Welded Tube – Berkeley, including on-
site leased workers from Snelling, Aerotek and Express
Personnel, Huger, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August
20, 2011, through October 10, 2014, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on 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 at Washington, D.C. this 29th day of November 2012

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,905

WELDED TUBE – BERKELEY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SNELLING AND AEROTEK
HUGER, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 August 21, 2012 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Welded Tube - Berkeley, Huger, South Carolina. The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
steel pipe. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Snelling and Aerotek.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and its customers.
Section 222(a)(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(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of steel pipe by Welded Tube - Berkeley, Huger, South
Carolina have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the steel pipe produced
by Welded Tube - Berkeley, Huger, South Carolina have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Welded Tube -
Berkeley, Huger, South Carolina.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Welded Tube - Berkeley,
Huger, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of steel pipe 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 Welded Tube - Berkeley, including on-site
leased workers from Snelling and Aerotek, Huger, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 20, 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 10th day of October, 2012


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





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