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TAW-82647  /  Republic Special Metals, Inc. (Canton, OH)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 08/20/2012
Filed Date: 04/11/2013
Most Recent Update: 05/23/2013
Determination Date: 05/23/2013
Expiration Date: 05/23/2015

Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,647

REPUBLIC SPECIAL METALS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF PATRIOT MORGAN, INC.
CANTON, OHIO

TA-W-82,647A

SELECT STAFFING AND EMPLOY-TEMPS
WORKING ON-SITE AT REPUBLIC SPECIAL METALS, INC.
CANTON, OHIO

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 "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for another
firm for articles or services with respect to which a group of
workers in such other firm has been certified under subsection (a)
[of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term "value-added
production processes or services" to "include final assembly,
finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or transportation
services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 11, 2013 by the United Steel Workers (USW), Local
1124-03, on behalf of workers of Republic Special Metals, Inc., a
subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Canton, Ohio (TA-W-82,647)
(Republic Special Metals). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of VAR/ESR low alloy steels.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing and Employ-Team (TA-W-82,647A).
Workers of Republic Special Metals, Inc., a subsidiary of
Patriot Morgan, Inc., Canton, Ohio (TA-W-82,647), were previously
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
under TA-W-73,352 (certification expired on August 19, 2012).
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 workers of Republic
Special Metals is a Downstream Producer to a firm (or subdivision,
whichever is applicable) 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 production is related to
the actual finished article or service that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Republic Special Metals with the aforementioned firm
contributed importantly to worker separations at Republic
Special Metals.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Republic Special
Metals, Inc., a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Canton,
Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
VAR/ESR low alloy steels, 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 Republic Special Metals, Inc., a subsidiary
of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Canton, Ohio (TA-W-82,647), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 20, 2012 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;"
AND
"All workers of Select Staffing and Employ-Temps, working on-
site at Republic Special Metals, Inc., Canton, Ohio (TA-W-
82,647A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 10, 2012 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 23rd day of May, 2013

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance