DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,081

JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFING PARTNERS
EUGENE, 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 July 30, 2015 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Johnson Crushers International, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Astec Industries, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Staffing Partners, Eugene, Oregon. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of rock
crushing equipment.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the
subject firm's major declining customers.
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 of
rock crushing equipment by Johnson Crushers International,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Astec Industries, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Staffing Partners,
Eugene, Oregon have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
produces by Johnson Crushers International, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Astec Industries, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Staffing Partners, Eugene, Oregon 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 declines at Johnson
Crushers International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Astec Industries, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Staffing Partners, Eugene, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnson Crushers
International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Astec
Industries, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Staffing Partners, Eugene, Oregon, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of rock crushing 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 Johnson Crushers International, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Astec Industries, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Staffing Partners,
Eugene, Oregon, 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 12th day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance