DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,587

GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC.
GLN DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM, KELLY SERVICES, AEROTEK
ALLIED STAFFING AND PEOPLE READY (FORMERLY LABOR READY)
BALDWIN, FLORIDA

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 Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on February 28, 2018
by the state workforce office on behalf of workers of Gerdau
Ameristeel US Inc., GLN Division, including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services, Aerotek, Allied Staffing and People
Ready (formerly Labor Ready), Baldwin, Florida (Gerdau-
Baldwin). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of structural rebar and wire rod.
The investigation revealed that on July 7, 2017, the
International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reason of imports
of steel reinforcing bar from Japan and Turkey. A TAA petition
has been filed on behalf of workers of Gerdau-Baldwin. That firm
was publicly identified by name by the ITC 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 July 7, 2017, which is within one
year of the date of the TAA petition filing date.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gerdau Ameristeel US
Inc., GLN Division, Baldwin, Florida, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of structural rebar and
wire rod, 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 Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., GLN Division,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Aerotek, Allied Staffing and People Ready (formerly Labor
Ready), Baldwin, Florida, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after July 7, 2016,
through July 7, 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