Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 06/16/2019
Filed Date: 06/17/2020
Most Recent Update: 11/17/2020
Determination Date: 11/17/2020
Expiration Date: 11/17/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,993
BEAVER FALLS TUBULAR PRODUCT LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLIANCE TUBULAR HOLDINGS LLC
BEAVER FALLS, 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; and
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and
(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm 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 June 17, 2020 by a union official (United
Steelworkers, USW 9305) on behalf of workers of Beaver Falls
Tubular Product LLC, a subsidiary of Alliance Tubular Holdings
LLC, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver Falls Tubular Product
LLC). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of Electrical Resistance Welded (ERW) Tubing and Cold
Drawn Mechanical Tubing (DOM).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
declining customer(s) of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of Electrical Resistance Welded (ERW) Tubing
and Cold Drawn Mechanical Tubing (DOM) by Beaver Falls Tubular
Product LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Beaver Falls Tubular Product LLC have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Beaver Falls Tubular Product LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Beaver Falls Tubular
Product LLC, a subsidiary of Alliance Tubular Holdings LLC,
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of Electrical Resistance Welded (ERW)
Tubing and Cold Drawn Mechanical Tubing (DOM) 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 Beaver Falls Tubular Product LLC, a
subsidiary of Alliance Tubular Holdings LLC, Beaver
Falls, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 16, 2019,
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 17th day of November 2020.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance