DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,454

ALLEGHENY LUDLUM, LLC
ATI FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS, LATROBE OPERATIONS
A WHOLLY-OWNED INDIRECT SUBSIDIARY OF
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STROM ENGINEERING CORPORATION,
ALLTEK STAFFING AND RESOURCE GROUP, INC., AND
PEAK TECHNICAL STAFFING
LATROBE, 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 February 11, 2016 by the United Steelworkers, Local
Unit 1138-6 on behalf of workers of Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, ATI
Flat Rolled Products, Latrobe Operations, a wholly-owned
indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from Strom Engineering
Corporation, AllTek Staffing and Resource Group, Inc., and
PEAK Technical Staffing, Latrobe, Pennsylvania (herein
referred to as "ATI Latrobe Operations"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of specialty
stainless and nickel alloy ingots and billets.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, the U.S.
Census Bureau, and the American Iron & Steel Institute.
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 specialty stainless and nickel alloy
ingots and billets by ATI Latrobe Operations have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
U.S. imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by ATI Latrobe Operations have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate U.S. imports contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
ATI Latrobe Operations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allegheny Ludlum,
LLC, ATI Flat Rolled Products, Latrobe Operations, a wholly-
owned indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies
Incorporated, including on-site leased workers from Strom
Engineering Corporation, AllTek Staffing and Resource Group,
Inc., and PEAK Technical Staffing, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of specialty
stainless and nickel alloy ingots and billets 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 Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, ATI Flat Rolled
Products, Latrobe Operations, a wholly-owned indirect
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from Strom Engineering
Corporation, AllTek Staffing and Resource Group, Inc.,
and PEAK Technical Staffing, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 9, 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 15th day of August 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance