DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,008

JOHN DEERE DES MOINES WORKS
A SUBSIDIARY OF DEERE & COMPANY
ANKENY, 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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 May 11, 2015 by the State of Iowa on behalf of workers
of John Deere Des Moines Works, a subsidiary of Deere &
Company, Ankeny, Iowa (John Deere Des Moines Works). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of agricultural equipment. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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/or production by John Deere Des Moines Works have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because
imports of articles like or directly competitive with
agricultural equipment produced by John Deere Des Moines Works
have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased subject firm imports contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
John Deere Des Moines Works.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of John Deere Des Moines
Works, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of agricultural equipment, 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 John Deere Des Moines Works, a subsidiary
of Deere & Company, Ankeny, Iowa, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 8,
2014 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 26th day of March 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance