DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,087

AMSTED RAIL COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES,
ACCOUNTEMPS AND OFFICE TEAM, PARTNERS PERSONNEL,
EXPRESS PERSONNEL, AND GUARDMARK
GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS

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 August 4, 2016, by the United Steelworkers on behalf of
workers of Amsted Rail Company, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services, Accountemps and Office Team,
Partners Personnel, Express Personnel, and Guardmark, Granite
City, Illinois (Amsted Rail Company). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of railcar
castings, including bolsters, side frames, couplers and
articulated connectors. Workers at the subject firm are not
separately identifiable by product line.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the firm's
major declining customer(s).
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 by Amsted Rail Company have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the railcar castings
produced by Amsted Rail Company have increased during the
relevant period when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Amsted Rail
Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Amsted Rail Company,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of railcar
castings, 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 Amsted Rail Company, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, Accountemps and Office
Team, Partners Personnel, Express Personnel, and Guardmark,
Granite City, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 4, 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 23rd day of May 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance