DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,091

CATERPILLAR PRECISION SEALS
A SUBSIDIARY OF CATERPILLAR, INC.
FRANKLIN DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SPHERION, MANPOWER, PHILLIPS STAFFING, EXPRESS, POPULUS,
AEROTEK, AND G-TECH SERVICES
FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA

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 October 30, 2015 on behalf of workers of Caterpillar
Precision Seals, a subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc., Franklin
Division, Franklin, North Carolina (Caterpillar Precision
Seals). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of metal faces seals. Workers are not separately
identifiable by articles produced.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Spherion, Manpower, Phillips Staffing, Express, Populus,
Aerotek, and G-Tech Services.
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)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Caterpillar Precision Seals.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar Precision
Seals, Franklin Division, Franklin, North Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of metal faces
seals, 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 Caterpillar Precision Seals, a subsidiary of
Caterpillar, Inc., Franklin Division, including on-site
leased workers from Spherion, Manpower, Phillips Staffing,
Express, Populus, Aerotek, and G-Tech Services, Franklin,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 30, 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 16th day of January, 2016

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance