DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,048

GREDE FOUNDRIES, INC.
GREDE-PRYOR FOUNDRY
PRYOR, OKLAHOMA

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 March 18, 2002 and filed by the United Steelworkers
of America, Local 8511 on behalf of workers at Grede Foundries,
Inc., Grede-Pryor Foundry, Pryor, Oklahoma. The workers
produced ductile iron castings.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to
2001. The subject plant ceased production in December of 2001.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of ductile iron castings
during the relevant period.


















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 at Grede
Foundries, Inc., Grede-Pryor Foundry, Pryor, Oklahoma
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 Grede Foundries, Inc., Grede-Pryor Foundry,
Pryor, Oklahoma engaged in employment related to the
production of ductile iron castings, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 26,
2001, 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 11th day of June 2002.




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