DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,088

KEROTEST MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
KEROTEST INDUSTRIES DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KEROTEST INDUSTRIES, INC.
PITTSBURGH, 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 July 24, 2020 by the United Steel Workers on behalf of
workers and former workers of Kerotest Manufacturing Corporation,
Kerotest Industries Division, a subsidiary of Kerotest
Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Kerotest-
Pittsburgh). Workers of Kerotest-Pittsburgh are engaged in
activities related to the production of industrial valves.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Kerotest-Pittsburgh 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 acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the industrial valves produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Kerotest-Pittsburgh.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kerotest-Pittsburgh,
who are engaged in activities related to the production industrial
valves, 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 Kerotest Manufacturing Corporation, Kerotest
Industries Division, a subsidiary of Kerotest Industries,
Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 22,
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 7th day of August 2020.

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