DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,185

CATERPILLAR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KROESCHELL OPERATIONS,
INC., CONTROL DYNAMICS, RANDSTAD, AND TOOL & GAGE
PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA

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 June 13, 2009 on behalf of workers of Caterpillar,
Inc., Pendergrass, Georgia (Caterpillar), including on-site
leased workers from Kroeschell Operations, Inc., Control
Dynamics, Randstad, and Tool & Gage. The workers are engaged
in activities related to the production of fuel system
components for Caterpillar captive engine products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Caterpillar who
are engaged in activities related to the production of fuel
system components for Caterpillar captive engine products meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to Mexico the production of an article like or
directly competitive with the article produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of fuel system components for Caterpillar captive
engine products to Mexico by Caterpillar contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Caterpillar.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar, Inc.,
Pendergrass, Georgia, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of fuel system components for Caterpillar
captive engine products 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 Caterpillar, Inc., Pendergrass, Georgia,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 12, 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 1st day of February, 2010


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