DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,806

CHICAGO STEEL, LLP
GARY, INDIANA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 12, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at
Chicago Steel, LLP, Gary, Indiana. The workers were engaged in
tension leveling steel coils.
The investigation revealed that the petitioners of Chicago
Steel, LLP, Gary, Indiana do not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(3) of the Act. The Department of Labor
has consistently determined that the performance of services does
not constitute production of an article, as required by Section
222 of the Trade Act of 1974, and this determination has been
upheld in the U. S. Court of Appeals.
Workers of Chicago Steel, LLP, Gary, Indiana, may be
certified only if their separation was caused importantly by a
reduced demand for their services from a parent firm, a firm
otherwise related to the subject firm by ownership, or a firm
related by control. Additionally, the reduction in demand for
services must originate at a production facility whose workers
independently meet the statutory criteria for certification and
the reduction must directly relate to the product impacted by
imports. These conditions have not been met for workers at the
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Chicago Steel, LLP, Gary, Indiana, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of March, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance