DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,424

URS WASHINGTON DIVISION
WORKING ON-SITE AT CATERPILLAR INC.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DIVISION
TECHNICAL CENTER, BUILDING G
MOSSVILLE, ILLINOIS

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of URS Washington
Division, working on-site at Caterpillar Inc., Product
Development - Center of Excellence Division, Technical Center,
Building G, Mossville, Illinois (URS Washington Division).
The worker group is engaged in employment relating to the test
validation of variators.
The investigation revealed that workers of URS Washington
Division who are engaged in employment relating to test
validation of variators meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
proportion of workers within a workers' firm have been
separated comparing May 19, 2009 to one year prior.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
validated variators from Germany by Caterpillar Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at URS
Washington Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of URS Washington
Division, working on-site at Caterpillar Inc., Product
Development - Center of Excellence Division, Technical Center,
Building G, Mossville, Illinois, who are engaged in employment
relating to test validation of variators 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 URS Washington Division, working on-site
at Caterpillar Inc., Product Development - Center of
Excellence Division, Technical Center, Building G,
Mossville, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 19, 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 24th day of August, 2009.

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