DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,418

U.S. STEEL CORPORATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION GROUP
PITTSBURGH, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is related
to the article or service that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly
to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or services used in the
production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case
may be, that were the basis for a certification of eligibility
under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a group of
workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 15, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of U.S. Steel Corporation, Information Technology
Security Administration Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USSC-IT).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of information technology (IT) support services. The subject
worker group (USSC-IT) does not include on-site leased workers.
The workers are not separately identifiable by service supplied.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in USSC-IT have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because USSC-IT is a Supplier
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to the service that
was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by USSC-IT with the firm that employed a certified
worker group contributed importantly to worker separations at
U.S. Steel Corporation, Information Technology Security
Administration Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of U.S. Steel Corporation,
Information Technology Security Administration Group, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of IT support services, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:







"All workers of U.S. Steel Corporation, Information
Technology Security Administration Group, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 14, 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 1th day of February 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance