DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,265

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
EAST CHICAGO TIN DIVISION
EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA

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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more component
parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated 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 October 9, 2019, by a State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers and former workers of United States Steel Corporation,
East Chicago Tin Division, East Chicago, Indiana (United States
Steel Corporation-East Chicago Tin Division). Workers of United
States Steel Corporation-East Chicago Tin Division are engaged in
activities related to the production of tin coils (cold rolled,
coated). The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and the firm's
major declining customer(s).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in United States Steel Corporation-
East Chicago Tin Division 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 United States
Steel Corporation-East Chicago Tin Division sales and/or
production have declined absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by United States Steel Corporation-East Chicago
Tin Division 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 United States Steel
Corporation-East Chicago Tin Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of United States Steel
Corporation-East Chicago Tin Division 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 United States Steel Corporation, East Chicago
Tin Division, East Chicago, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 8,
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 9th day of July 2020.

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