DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,726

WELDCO-BEALES MANUFACTURING
TACOMA, WASHINGTON

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 October 18, 2010 by a state workforce agency on behalf
of workers of Weldco-Beales Manufacturing, Tacoma, Washington.
The workers are engaged in activities related to production of
attachments for heavy machinery.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weldco-Beales
Manufacturing, who are engaged in activities related to
production of attachments for heavy machinery, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at have become totally or partially separated or
are threatened with total or partial separation during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Weldco-Beales Manufacturing to a foreign country in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Tacoma, Washington facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weldco-Beales
Manufacturing, Tacoma, Washington, who are engaged in
activities related to production of attachments for heavy
machinery, 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 Weldco-Beales Manufacturing, Tacoma,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 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 29th day of October, 2010


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