DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,388

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
ALSO KNOWN AS WABTEC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS,
STAFFMARK, ADECCO, AND MANPOWER
WILMERDING, PENNSYLVANIA

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat
of separation and to the decline in the sales or production
of such firm.


The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 3, 2016 on behalf of workers of Westinghouse
Air Brake Technologies Incorporated, also known as Wabtec,
including on-site leased workers from Volt Workforce Solutions,
Staffmark, Adecco, and Manpower, Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
(subject firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of brake equipment for freight trains.
Workers are not separately identifiable by the article produced.
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)(A)(i) has been met because sales and/or
production of brake equipment by the subject firm have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the brake equipment
produced by the subject firm have increased during the relevant
period when compared to the representative base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
company imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Incorporated, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of brake 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 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
Incorporated, also known as Wabtec, including on-site leased
workers from Volt Workforce Solutions, Staffmark, Adecco, and
Manpower, Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 2,
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 9th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance