DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,394

TAMCO
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
CMC STEEL FABRICATORS INC.
RANCHO, CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA

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 November 20, 2019, by a One Stop Operator/Partner on
behalf of workers and former workers of Tamco, a wholly owned
subsidiary of CMC Steel Fabricators Inc., Rancho Cucamonga,
California (Tamco-Rancho Cucamonga). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of steel rebar.
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 subject
firm's customer(s).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Tamco-Rancho Cucamonga
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 Tamco-Rancho
Cucamonga sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the steel rebar
produced by Tamco-Rancho Cucamonga 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 Tamco-Rancho
Cucamonga.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tamco-Rancho
Cucamonga, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of steel rebar, 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 Tamco, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMC
Steel Fabricators Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, California who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 19, 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 8th day of July 2020.

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