DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,044

NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK COMMERCIAL STAFFING
DENVER, COLORADO

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 July 22, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Northwest Pipe Company, Denver, Colorado. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of welded-steel pipelines and fabricated fittings which are
sold to construction firms for underground installation for
the end users which are typically local governments, water
utilities or water treatment facilities. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek Commercial
Staffing.
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 an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Northwest Pipe Company, Denver, Colorado.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Northwest Pipe
Company, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
Commercial Staffing, Denver, Colorado, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of welded-steel pipelines
and fabricated fittings which are sold to construction firms
for underground installation for the end users which are
typically local governments, water utilities or water
treatment facilities 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 Northwest Pipe Company, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek Commercial Staffing, Denver,
Colorado, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 21, 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 12th day of August 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance