DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,579

REPUBLIC STEEL
VALUE-ADD DIVISION
MASSILLON, 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(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 March 11, 2016 by the United Steelworkers, Local 1124,
on behalf of workers of Republic Steel, Value-Add Division,
Massillon, Ohio (Republic Steel). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of cold finished steel
bars. Workers are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
Workers covered by TA-W-91,579 are eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance under an earlier determination (TA-W-
82,758; certification expired on July 17, 2015).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its major declining
customer(s).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Republic Steel 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 cold finished steel bars by Republic Steel
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article produced
by Republic Steel have increased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
customer imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Republic Steel.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Republic Steel, Value-
Add Division, Massillon, Ohio, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of cold finished steel bars, 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 Republic Steel, Value-Add Division,
Massillon, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 18, 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 9th day of September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance