DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,910

WIRECO WORLDGROUP
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI

TA-W-91,910A

WIRECO WORLDGROUP
CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI

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 June 13, 2016 by an American Job Center on behalf of
workers of WireCo WorldGroup, St. Joseph, Missouri (TA-W-
91,910) and WireCo WorldGroup, Chillicothe, Missouri (TA-W-
91,910A). The workers of WireCo WorldGroup, St. Joseph,
Missouri (TA-W-91,910) are engaged in activities related to the
production of steel wire rope. The workers of WireCo
WorldGroup, Chillicothe, Missouri (TA-W-91,910A) are engaged
in activities related to the production of steel drawn wire
for rope.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 wire rope and steel drawn wire by
WireCo WorldGroup, St. Joseph, Missouri (TA-W-91,910) and
WireCo WorldGroup, Chillicothe, Missouri (TA-W-91,910A) have
decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by WireCo WorldGroup, St. Joseph, Missouri
(TA-W-91,910) and WireCo WorldGroup, Chillicothe, Missouri
(TA-W-91,910A) have increased in reliance.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company reliance on imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at WireCo WorldGroup, St. Joseph, Missouri (TA-W-91,910) and
WireCo WorldGroup, Chillicothe, Missouri (TA-W-91,910A).


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of WireCo WorldGroup,
St. Joseph, Missouri, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of steel wire rope (TA-W-91,910) and WireCo
WorldGroup, Chillicothe, Missouri who are engaged in activities
related to the production of steel drawn wire (TA-W-91,910A),
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 WireCo WorldGroup, St. Joseph, Missouri
(TA-W-91,910) and WireCo WorldGroup, Chillicothe,
Missouri (TA-W-91,910A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 13, 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 11th day of May 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance