DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,535

CEQUENT PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
TRAILER DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ABR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
AND WESTPHAL STAFFING, INC.
MOSINEE, WI

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 July 2, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cequent Performance Products, Trailer Division,
Mosinee, Wisconsin. The workers produce finished trailer
ramps, couplers and jacks. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers of ABR Employment Services and Westphal Staffing,
Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cequent
Performance Products, Trailer Division who are engaged in
employment related to the production of trailer ramps, jacks
and couplers meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the firm has
shifted production abroad of articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of trailer ramps, jacks and couplers by Cequent
Performance Products, Trailer Division to Mexico and China
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Mosinee, Wisconsin facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cequent Performance
Products, Trailer Division, Mosinee, Wisconsin, including
leased on-site workers of ABR Employment Services and Westphal
Staffing, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to the
production of trailer ramps, jacks and couplers 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 Cequent Performance Products, Trailer
Division, including on-site leased workers of ABR
Employment Services and Westphal Staffing, Inc., Mosinee,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 24, 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 20th day of August, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance