DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,783

GUNDERSON, LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MADDEN INDUSTRIAL CRAFTSMEN INCORPORATED AND AEROTEK
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 6, 2013 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Gunderson, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The
Greenbrier Companies, Inc., Portland, Oregon (Gunderson). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of intermodal railcars and refrigerated boxcars. The workers
are not separately identifiable. The subject group includes
on-site leased workers from Madden Industrial Craftsman
Incorporated and Aerotek.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and surveys were performed on
lost bids for contracts.
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 intermodal rail cars by Gunderson have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Gunderson have increased. Specifically,
Gunderson was the lowest domestic bidder of major contracts for
a United States customer that they have lost to firms located
outside the United States that will produced the articles
outside the United States.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales and production declines at Gunderson.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gunderson, LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Madden Industrial
Craftsman Incorporated and Aerotek, Portland, Oregon, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of intermodal
railcars and refrigerated boxcars 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 Gunderson, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary
of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Madden Industrial Craftsman Incorporated and
Aerotek, Portland, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 5, 2012 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 23rd day of July, 2013.

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