DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,368

GRAIN SYSTEMS, INC., (GSI)
A SUBSIDIARY OF AGCO
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCESSPOINT, CARESOFT
GLOBAL, INC., MANPOWER, TRILLIUM STAFFING,
AND EMPLOYMENT GROUP
MARSHALL, MICHIGAN

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 January 21, 2016 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Grain Systems, Inc., (GSI), a subsidiary of AGCO,
including on-site leased workers from Accesspoint, Caresoft
Global, Inc., Manpower, Trillium Staffing, and Employment
Group, Marshall, Michigan (herein referred to as "Grain
Systems, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of structural towers, catwalks, and
support structures for farm, commercial, and industrial use.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Grain
Systems, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Grain Systems, Inc.,
(GSI), a subsidiary of AGCO, including on-site leased workers
from Accesspoint, Caresoft Global, Inc., Manpower, Trillium
Staffing, and Employment Group, Marshall, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of structural
towers, catwalks, and support structures for farm, commercial,
and industrial use 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 Grain Systems, Inc., (GSI), a subsidiary
of AGCO, including on-site leased workers from
Accesspoint, Caresoft Global, Inc., Manpower, Trillium
Staffing, and Employment Group, Marshall, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 20, 2015 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 2nd day of June 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance