DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,531

SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TEAM STAFFING SOLUTIONS AND MANPOWER
FORT MADISON, IOWA

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 February 8, 2018 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Inc., including
workers whose wages are reported under Siemens Energy, Inc.,
Fort Madison, Iowa (Siemens Gamesa-Fort Madison). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of wind
turbine blades. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Team Staffing Solutions and Manpower.
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 Siemens Gamesa-Fort Madison 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 Siemens
Gamesa-Fort Madison sales/production 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 Siemens Gamesa-Fort Madison have increased
during the relevant period when compared to the representative
base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Siemens Gamesa-Fort Madison.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Siemens Gamesa-Fort
Madison, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of wind turbine blades, 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 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Inc.,
including workers whose wages are reported under Siemens
Engery, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Team
Staffing Solutions and Manpower, Fort Madison, Iowa, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 7, 2017 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 30th day of March 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance