DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,279

SOO TRACTOR SWEEPRAKE COMPANY
SIOUX CITY, IOWA

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 June 23, 2010 on behalf of workers of Soo Tractor
Sweeprake Company, Sioux City, Iowa (Soo Tractor Sweeprake
Company). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the production of tractor and agricultural equipment
components (i.e.: front end loaders and attachments, backhoes,
mower conditioner tongues, and accumulators). Workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Soo Tractor
Sweeprake Company, Sioux City, Iowa who are engaged in
employment related to the production of tractor and agricultural
equipment components meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
sales/production of tractor and agricultural equipment
components by the subject firm have decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with tractor and
agricultural equipment components produced by Soo Tractor
Sweeprake Company have increased. Specifically, the Department
of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's major
declining customer regarding their purchases of tractor and
agricultural equipment components during the relevant period.
The survey revealed increased customer reliance on imported
tractor and agricultural equipment components.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of tractor and agricultural equipment
components by customers of Soo Tractor Sweeprake Company
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Soo Tractor Sweeprake Company.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Soo Tractor Sweeprake
Company, Sioux City, Iowa who are engaged in activities related
to the production of tractor and agricultural equipment
components 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 Soo Tractor Sweeprake Company, Sioux City,
Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 12, 2009, 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 27th day of August, 2010.


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