DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,040

KINZE MANUFACTURING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TEK SYSTEMS AND BAKER GROUP
WILLIAMSBURG, 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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 16, 2015 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, Iowa (herein known as
"Kinze Manufacturing, Inc." or "workers' firm"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of grain
carts and planters, and parts thereof, for agriculture. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Tek
Systems and Baker Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has partially shifted to a foreign country the production
of an article like or directly competitive with the article
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. The term
"contributed importantly" means a cause which is important but
not necessarily more important than any other cause (19 U.S.C.
§ 2272(c)(1).


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kinze Manufacturing,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Tek Systems and
Baker Group, Williamsburg, Iowa, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of grain carts and planters, and
parts thereof, for agriculture 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 Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Tek Systems and Baker Group
Williamsburg, Iowa, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 1, 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 24th day of March 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance