DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,959

WIREROPE WORKS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND DEPASQUALE STAFFING SERVICES
WILLIAMSPORT, 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 27, 2015 on behalf of workers of Wirerope Works
Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of steel and galvanized rope
for construction and operational use. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower and Depasquale
Staffing Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's 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/or production of steel and galvanized rope for construction
and operational use by Wirerope Works Inc., Williamsport,
Pennsylvania have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Wirerope Works Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania have
increased in reliance.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer import reliance contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Wirerope Works Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wirerope Works Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower and Depasquale
Staffing Services, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of steel and galvanized rope
for construction and operational use 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 Wirerope Works Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Manpower and Depasquale Staffing Services,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 24, 2014, 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 20th day of November 2015.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance