DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,367

PACIFIC CREST TRANSFORMERS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PERSONNEL SOURCE AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
WHITE CITY, OREGON

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 December 13, 2017 by the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 695 on behalf of workers of
Pacific Crest Transformers, Inc., White City, Oregon ("Pacific
Crest Transformers, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of transformers. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Personnel Source and Express Employment Professionals.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 the sales
and/or production of transformers by Pacific Crest
Transformers, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Pacific Crest Transformers, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Pacific Crest Transformers, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pacific Crest
Transformers, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Personnel Source and Express Employment Professionals, White
City, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of transformers 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 Pacific Crest Transformers, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Personnel Source and
Express Employment Professionals, White City, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 5, 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 13th day of February 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance