DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,881

WESTAK OF OREGON, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF WESTAK, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS SERVICES AND FLEX FORCE PERSONNEL SERVICES
FOREST GROVE, 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;
(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 June 6, 2016 by a State Workforce Official on behalf
of workers of Westak of Oregon, Inc., a subsidiary of Westak,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express Services
and Flex Force Personnel Services, Forest Grove, Oregon. The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of circuit boards.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Westak of
Oregon, Inc., a subsidiary of Westak, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Services and Flex Force Personnel
Services, Forest Grove, Oregon.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Westak of Oregon,
Inc., a subsidiary of Westak, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Express Services and Flex Force Personnel
Services, Forest Grove, Oregon, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of circuit boards 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 Westak of Oregon, Inc., a subsidiary of
Westak, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Express Services and Flex Force Personnel Services,
Forest Grove, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 3, 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 18th day of July, 2016.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance