DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,288

CATERPILLAR
AMERICAS OPERATIONS DIVISION - AURORA PLANT
AURORA, 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:
(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 September 14, 2009, on behalf of workers of
Caterpillar, Americas Operations Division - Aurora Plant,
Aurora, Illinois (Caterpillar). The workers produce wheel
loaders and hydraulic excavators.
The investigation revealed that workers of Caterpillar who
are engaged in employment related to production of wheel loaders
and hydraulic excavators meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of wheel loaders and hydraulic excavators by
Caterpillar have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with wheel
loaders and hydraulic excavators have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of wheel loaders and hydraulic excavators
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Aurora, Illinois facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar, Americas
Operations Division - Aurora Plant, Aurora, Illinois, who are
engaged in employment related to production of wheel loaders and
hydraulic excavators 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, Americas Operations Division
- Aurora Plant, Aurora, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
8, 2008, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the 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 14th day of May, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance