DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,119

BERGSTROM INC.
JOLIET CABS DIVISION
MEDIUM WHEEL LOADER GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
FIRST STAFF SERVICES AND COWORK STAFFING SERVICES
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 August 18, 2016, by the company official on behalf of
workers of Bergstrom Inc., Joliet Cabs Division, Medium Wheel
Loader Group, Joliet, Illinois (Bergstrom-Medium Wheel Loader).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of cab assemblies, used for heavy-duty commercial
trucks, off-highway machines and specialty vehicles. Workers at
the subject firm are separately identifiable by product lines;
consequently, the subject worker group is Bergstrom-Medium Wheel
Loader. The subject worker group (Bergstrom-Medium Wheel Loader)
manufactures Medium Wheel Loader cab assemblies. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from First Staff Services and
CoWork 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 Bergstrom-Medium Wheel Loader 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 article produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Bergstrom-Medium Wheel Loader.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bergstrom-Medium Wheel
Loader, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
cab assemblies, 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 Bergstrom Inc., Joliet Cabs Division, Medium
Wheel Loader Group, including on-site leased workers from
First Staff Services and CoWork Staffing Services, Joliet,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 17, 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 September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance