DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,071

CATERPILLAR HIGH PERFORMANCE EXTRUSIONS GROUP
INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS, COMPONENTS, AND DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF CATERPILLAR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, VOLT STAFFING SERVICES, WORK COMP
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND VONACHEN SERVICES, INC.
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-92,071A

CATERPILLAR HIGH PERFORMANCE EXTRUSIONS GROUP
INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS, COMPONENTS, AND DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF CATERPILLAR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT STAFFING SERVICES
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE


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 29, 2016 on behalf of workers of Caterpillar High
Performance Extrusions Group, Industry Solutions, Components,
and Distribution Division, a subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc.,
Oxford, Mississippi (TA-W-92,071) and Caterpillar High
Performance Extrusions Group, Industry Solutions, Components,
and Distribution Division, a subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc.,
Memphis, Tennessee (TA-W-92,071A) (collectively referred to as
"Caterpillar High Performance Extrusions Group"). Workers of
Caterpillar High Performance Extrusions Group are engaged in
activities related to the production of hydraulic hose couplings.
The worker groups are not separately identifiable by articles
produced.
The worker group covered by TA-W-92,071 includes on-site
leased workers from Advanced Technology Services, Volt Staffing
Services, Work Comp Management Services, and Vonachen Services,
Inc. The worker group covered by TA-W-92,071A includes on-site
leased workers from Volt Staffing Services.
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 Caterpillar High Performance
Extrusions Group 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
Caterpillar High Performance Extrusions Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar High
Performance Extrusions Group, Oxford, Mississippi and Memphis,
Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of hydraulic hose couplings, 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 High Performance Extrusions
Group, Industry Solutions, Components, and Distribution
Division, a subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Advanced Technology Services, Volt
Staffing Services, Work Comp Management Services, and
Vonachen Services Inc., Oxford, Mississippi (TA-W-92,071),
and Caterpillar High Performance Extrusions Group, Industry
Solutions, Components, and Distribution Division, a
subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Volt Staffing Services, Memphis, Tennessee
(TA-W-92,071A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 28, 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 17th day of August 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance