DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,939

SKF USA, INC.
SAN DIEGO OFFICE
A SUBSIDIARY OF AB SKF
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TARGET CW AND PRIDESTAFF
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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 June 9, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of SKF USA, INC., San Diego office, a subsidiary of AB
SKF, San Diego, California (herein referenced as SKF USA). The
subject firm is engaged in activities related to the
manufacturing of bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication
systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power
transmission products, and condition monitoring systems. The
subject worker group is engaged in activities related to the
supply of global technical support, software engineering, and
product and manufacturing management. The workers are not
separately identifiable.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Target CW and PrideStaff.
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 supply of services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at SKF USA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SKF USA, INC., San
Diego office, a subsidiary of AB SKF, including on-site leased
workers from Target CW and PrideStaff, San Diego, California,
who are engaged in activities related to global technical
support, software engineering, and product and manufacturing
management, 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 SKF USA, INC., San Diego office, a
subsidiary of AB SKF, including on-site leased workers
from Target CW and PrideStaff, San Diego, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 9, 2016 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 August 2017.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance