DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,885

CATERPILLAR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CR COATINGS, THE TOOL & GAGE HOUSE,
VONACHEN SERVICES, INC., AND CBI MAINTENANCE
JOLIET, ILLINOIS

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 7, 2016 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Caterpillar, Inc., Joliet, Illinois (Caterpillar). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of hydraulics components. The worker groups are not separately
identifiable by articles produced by the firm.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from CR Coatings, The Tool & Gage House, Vonachen Services,
Inc., and CBI Maintenance.
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 hydraulics
components produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Caterpillar.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar, Joliet,
Illinois, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of hydraulics components, 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, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from CR Coatings, The Tool & Gage House,
Vonachen Services, Inc., and CBI Maintenance, Joliet,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 6, 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 5th day of August 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance