DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,019

THE BERGQUIST COMPANY
TOUCH SCREEN DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT AND
AEROTEK
CANNON FALLS, MINNESOTA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers of
The Bergquist Company, Touch Screen Division, Cannon Falls,
Minnesota. The worker group includes on-site leased workers of
Express Employment and Aerotek. Workers at the subject firm are
engaged in the production of touch screens.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Bergquist
Company, Touch Screen Division, including on-site leased workers of
Express Employment and Aerotek, Cannon Falls, Minnesota who are
engaged in employment related to the production of touch screens
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales and
production of touch screens decreased in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the touch screens
produced at the subject firm increased relative to production.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and declines in sales and production at the subject
firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Bergquist Company,
Touch Screen Division, including on-site leased workers of Express
Employment and Aerotek, Cannon Falls, Minnesota who are engaged in
employment related to production of touch screens, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of The Bergquist Company, Touch Screen Division,
including on-site leased workers of Express Employment and
Aerotek, Cannon Falls, Minnesota who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th day of August 2009.


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