DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,679

J&L STRUCTURAL, INC.
AMBRIDGE DIVISION
AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification 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 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 in response to a petition
received on July 23, 2001, and filed by the United Steelworkers of
America (USWA), Local 1211 on behalf of workers at J&L Structural,
Inc., Ambridge Division, Ambridge, Pennsylvania. The workers were
engaged in activities related to the production of fabricated
crossmembers for truck trailers and truck bodies.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to the recent closure of the plant.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
plants major declining customers regarding their purchases of
fabricated crossmembers for truck trailers and truck bodies during
the relevant period. The survey revealed that major declining
customer(s) increased their reliance on imported fabricated
crossmembers for truck trailers and truck bodies during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with fabricated crossmembers for truck
trailers and truck bodies contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of J&L Structural, Inc., Ambridge Division, Ambridge,
Pennsylvania. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of J&L Structural, Inc., Ambridge Division,
Ambridge, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 22, 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 20th day of August 2001.


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