DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,268

WHEMCO
MACHINE SHOP
HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade 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 eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 14, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
WHEMCO, Machine Shop, Homestead, Pennsylvania. The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of rolls and
rolling mill assemblies.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject plant decreased during the period under
investigation.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of cast steel rolls in the
1999-2000 and January to June, 2000-2001 time periods.
Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from the
subject firm and either increased imports absolutely or increased
their reliance on imports in one or more sets of time periods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by WHEMCO,
Machine Shop, Homestead, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at WHEMCO, Machine Shop, Homestead,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 27, 2000, through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of March, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance