DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,906

METALS USA
FLAT ROLLED DIVISION
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

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 on August 27, 2001, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Metals USA,
Flat Rolled Division, Youngstown, Ohio. The affected workers
were engaged in employment related to providing steel plate
cutting services primarily for metal fabricators.
The investigation revealed that the workers of the subject
firm did not produce an article within the meaning of Section
222(3) of the Trade Act of 1974. The Department of Labor has
consistently determined that the performance of services does not
constitute production of an article, as required by the Trade Act
of 1974, and this determination has been upheld in the U. S.
Court of Appeals.
Workers of the subject facility 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 performing plate cutting
services at the subject facility.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Metals
USA, Flat Rolled Division, Youngstown, Ohio, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of June 2002


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