DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,769

RIVER STEEL, INC.
WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN, AND LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN

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 28, 2017 by the company official on behalf of
workers of River Steel, Inc., West Salem, Wisconsin, and La
Crosse, Wisconsin (River Steel). The West Salem, Wisconsin
facility and La Crosse, Wisconsin facility operate as a single
entity; consequently, the workers at the two facilities are
considered a single worker group. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of fabricated metal
parts, weldments, and assemblies for Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs), and structural steel. Workers at the
subject firm are not separately identifiable by the article
produced. The worker group does not include any on-site
leased or temporary workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the subject firm's major
customer(s), and public sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in River 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 by River Steel have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by River Steel 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 imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at River Steel.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of River Steel, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of fabricated
metal parts, weldments, and assemblies, 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 River Steel, Inc., West Salem, Wisconsin,
and La Crosse, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 14, 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 30th day of June 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance