DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,386

PROGRESS RAIL SERVICE
GERING, NEBRASKA


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 6, 2018 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Progress Rail Service, Gering, Nebraska
(subject firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of remanufacturing/refurbishing services
of wheels, axles, and electronic traction motors for
locomotives.
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 the sales of
remanufacturing/refurbishing services of wheels, axles, and
electronic traction motors for locomotives by the subject firm
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
remanufacturing/refurbishing services supplied by the subject
firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Progress Rail
Service, Gering, Nebraska, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of remanufacturing/refurbishing services of
wheels, axles, and electronic traction motors for locomotives,
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 Progress Rail Service, Gering, Nebraska,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 4, 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 23rd day of January 2019.

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