DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,571

ALLIANCE CASTINGS COMPANY, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF OHIO CASTINGS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMERICA'S BACK OFFICE INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
AMERICA'S BACK OFFICE INC.
ALLIANCE, 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 January 26, 2017, by the Unite Steel Workers, Local
2211, on behalf of workers of Alliance Castings Company, LLC, a
subsidiary of Ohio Castings, including on-site leased workers
from America's Back Office Inc. and including workers whose
wages were reported under America's Back Office Inc.,
Alliance, Ohio (Alliance Castings Company). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of railcar
castings, including side frames and bolsters. Workers at the
subject firm are not separately identifiable by article
produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the firm's major declining
customer(s), the petitioner, and public sources.
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 Alliance
Castings Company's sales and/or production have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by Alliance Castings Company, LLC have increased
during the relevant period when compared to the representative
base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Alliance Castings Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alliance Castings
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 Alliance Castings Company, LLC, a
subsidiary of Ohio Castings, including on-site leased
workers from America's Back Office Inc., including
workers whose wages were reported under America's Back
Office Inc., Alliance, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 5,
2016, 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 28th day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance