DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,174

CATERPILLAR FOREST PRODUCTS PRENTICE
EXCAVATION DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF CATERPILAR INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BEAR STAFFING, MANPOWER, AND ATS
PRENTICE, WISCONSIN

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 September 2, 2016 on behalf of workers of Caterpillar
Forest Products Prentice, Excavation Division, a subsidiary of
Caterpillar Inc., Prentice, Wisconsin (Caterpillar Forest
Products Prentice). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of forest harvesting equipment, such
as knuckle boom loaders, harvesters, forwarders, and site prep
tractors. Workers are not separately identifiable by articles
produced. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Bear Staffing, Manpower, and ATS.
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 forest harvesting
equipment produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Caterpillar Forest Products
Prentice.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar Forest
Products Prentice, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of forest harvesting equipment, 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 Forest Products Prentice,
Excavation Division, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Bear Staffing,
Manpower, and ATS, Prentice, Wisconsin, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August
23, 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 8th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance