DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,027

PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION
GLASS BLOCK DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., AND CORNING, INC.
PORT ALLEGANY, 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 May 21, 2015, by the United Steel Workers (USW), Local
1019, on behalf of workers of Pittsburgh Corning Corporation,
Glass Block Division, a subsidiary of PPG Industries, Inc., and
Corning, Inc., Port Allegany, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Corning
Corporation - Glass Block Division). Workers of Pittsburgh
Corning Corporation - Glass Block Division are engaged in
activities related to the production of glass blocks and are not
separately identifiable by articles produced. The subject worker
group does not include on-site leased workers.
The workers are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) under an earlier certification which expired on
May 30, 2015 (TA-W-82,731).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, and from the United States
International Trade Commission.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Pittsburgh Corning Corporation -
Glass Block Division 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 glass blocks produced by Pittsburgh Corning
Corporation - Glass Block Division have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the glass blocks
produced by Pittsburgh Corning Corporation - Glass Block
Division have increased during 2015 from 2014 levels.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation - Glass Block Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pittsburgh Corning
Corporation, Glass Block Division, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of glass
blocks, produced 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 Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Glass Block
Division, a subsidiary of PPG Industries, Inc., and
Corning, Inc., Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 31, 2015, 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 13th day of February, 2016

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