DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,488

H. KRAMER & CO.
CHICAGO, 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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 30, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of H. Kramer & Co., Chicago, Illinois (subject
firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of phosphor copper and waffle.
The International Trade Commission revealed that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason
of imports of phosphor copper from Korea. A petition has been
filed on behalf of workers of H. Kramer & Co. That firm was
publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in a category of determination that is
listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In
addition, that determination was published in the Federal
Register on April 20, 2017, which is within one year of the
date of the petition filed requesting Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of H. Kramer & Co., who
are engaged in activities related to the production of phosphor
copper and waffle, meet the requirements of Section 222(e) of
the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of H. Kramer & Co., Chicago, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from that employment
on or after April 20, 2016, through April 20, 2018, 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 18th day of May 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance