DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,460

BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
ENGINE GROUP DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFFMARK AND EXPRESS PERSONNEL
POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI

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, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision 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 or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 26, 2011 on behalf of workers of Briggs &
Stratton Corporation, Engine Group Division, Poplar Bluff,
Missouri (Briggs & Stratton). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of gas powered engines.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Staffmark and Express Personnel.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and firm's
major declining customer.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of gas powered engines by Briggs & Stratton
have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Briggs & Stratton have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Briggs & Stratton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Briggs & Stratton
Corporation, Engine Group Division, including on-site leased
workers from Staffmark and Express Personnel, Poplar Bluff,
Missouri, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of gas powered engines 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 Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Engine
Group Division, including on-site leased workers from
Staffmark and Express Personnel, Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after, September 22, 2010, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on December 20, 2011 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 2nd day of December, 2011.


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