Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 08/17/2019
Filed Date: 08/19/2020
Most Recent Update: 09/06/2020
Determination Date: 09/06/2020
Expiration Date: 09/06/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-96,149
TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION (TIMET)
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF PRECISION CASTPARTS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
TORONTO, OHIO
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 August 19, 2020 by the United Steelworkers (USW),
Local 5644, on behalf of workers and former workers of Titanium
Metals Corporation (TIMET), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Precision Castparts Corporation, Toronto, Ohio (TIMET-
Toronto). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of titanium sponge, ingots, and electrodes. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Manpower.
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 in TIMET-Toronto 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(s) the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the titanium sponge,
ingots, and electrodes produced by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at TIMET-
Toronto.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TIMET-Toronto, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of titanium
sponge, ingots, and electrodes, 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 Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), a
wholly owned subsidiary of Precision Castparts
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Toronto, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 17, 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 6th day of September 2020.
/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance