DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,644

DEERE & COMPANY
JOHN DEERE CYLINDER DIVISION
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS OF AEROTEK AND VOLT
COON RAPIDS, MINNESOTA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 7, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by the a State agency
representative on behalf of workers of Deere & Company, John
Deere Cylinder Division, Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The workers at
the subject firm are engaged in the production of hydraulic
cylinders.
The decline in employment at the subject firm is related to
a shift in plant production of the hydraulic cylinders to a
country (Mexico) that is party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
Deere & Company, John Deere Cylinder Division, Coon Rapids,
Minnesota also leased on-site workers from Aerotek and Volt.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with the hydraulic cylinders
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Deere & Company, John Deere Cylinder
Division, Coon Rapids, Minnesota who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 6,
2006, through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of June, 2007



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance