DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,216

UNION ELECTRIC ÅKERS
ÅKERS NATIONAL ROLL
A SUBSIDIARY OF
AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION/UNION ELECTRIC ÅKERS
AVONMORE, 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(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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 9, 2018 by the United Steelworkers (USW) on
behalf of workers of Union Electric Åkers, Åkers National Roll,
a subsidiary of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation/Union Electric
Åkers, Avonmore, Pennsylvania ("Åkers National Roll"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of cast steel rolls.
The worker group was certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition number TA-W-92,361
which expired on November 3, 2018.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Åkers National Roll.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Union Electric Åkers,
Åkers National Roll, a subsidiary of Ampco-Pittsburgh
Corporation/Union Electric Åkers, Avonmore, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of cast
steel rolls 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 Union Electric Åkers, Åkers National Roll,
a subsidiary of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation/Union
Electric Åkers, Avonmore, Pennsylvania, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
4, 2018 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 20th day of December 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance