DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,309

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
ITW ARK-LES BUSINESS UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD US,
RESOURCE MANUFACTURING, AND AEROTEK
NEW BERLIN, 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.

"Firm includes an individual proprietorship, partnership,
joint venture, association, corporation (including a development
corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in
bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of any court." 29 CFR 90.2
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 7, 2016, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., ITW Ark-Les Business
Unit, including on-site workers from Randstad US, Resource
Manufacturing, and Aerotek, New Berlin, Wisconsin (Illinois
Tool Works). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of safety controls.
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 Illinois Tool Works 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 a portion of production of
safety controls, or like or directly competitive articles, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Illinois Tool Works.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Illinois Tool Works,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
safety controls, 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 Illinois Tool Works, Inc., ITW Ark-Les
Business Unit, including on-site workers from Randstad
US, Resource Manufacturing, and Aerotek, New Berlin,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 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 22nd day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance