DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,412

CATERPILLAR PRECISION SEALS
WEAR COMPONENTS & AFTERMARKET DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF CATERPILLAR INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SPHERION, MANPOWER, PHILLIPS STAFFING, EXPRESS, AND POPULUS,
TOCCOA, GEORGIA

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 29, 2016 on behalf workers of Caterpillar
Precision Seals, Wear Components & Aftermarket Distribution
Division, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., Toccoa, Georgia
(Caterpillar Precision Seals). The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of metal faces seals. The
worker groups are not separately identifiable by articles
produced by the firm.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Spherion, Manpower, Phillips Staffing, Express, and
Populus.
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, Wear Components & Aftermarket Distribution Division, a
subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., Toccoa, Georgia, 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, Wear
Components & Aftermarket Distribution Division, a
subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Spherion, Manpower, Phillips Staffing,
Express, and Populus, Toccoa, Georgia, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
29, 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 26th day of February, 2016

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