DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,260

CASCADE MICROTECH, INC.,
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, AGILON FINANCE AND ROBERT
HALF MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES,
BEAVERTON, OREGON

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 16, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cascade Microtech, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon. The
workers produce probe and probe stations.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cascade
Microtech, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, Agilon Finance and Robert Half
Management Associates, Beaverton, Oregon who are engaged in
employment related to the production of probe and probe
stations meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to Thailand and Singapore the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of probe and probe stations to Thailand and
Singapore by Cascade Microtech, Inc. contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the Beaverton, Oregon facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cascade Microtech,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Agilon Finance and Robert Half Management
Associates, Beaverton, Oregon, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of probe and probe stations 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 Cascade Microtech, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Agilon Finance and Robert Half Management Associates,
Beaverton, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 16, 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/ Elliott S. Kushner
__________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance