DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,845

R.B. AND W. MANUFACTURING, LLC
CORAOPOLIS, 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
eligibility 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 August 20, 2001, and filed by the United Steelworkers
of America, Local 5032 on behalf of workers at R.B. and W.
Manufacturing, LLC, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. The workers produce
metal fasteners for the automobile industry.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001.
The investigation further revealed an increase in company
imports of metal fasteners during the relevant time period.
A petition for eligibility for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment
Assistance has been filed by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 5032 on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-5697).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with metal fasteners produced at R.B.
and W. Manufacturing, LLC, Coraopolis, 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 Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of the R.B. and W. Manufacturing, LLC,
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania engaged in employment related to the
production of metal fasteners, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 6, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 25th day of January, 2002.




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