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TAW-94840  /  Lufkin Industries, LLC (Lufkin, TX)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 05/23/2018
Filed Date: 05/24/2019
Most Recent Update: 05/29/2020
Determination Date: 09/03/2019
Expiration Date: 09/03/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,840

LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, LLC
CORPORATE OFFICE
AN OPERATING BUSINESS OF BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER QUINN PUMPS, INC.
LUFKIN, TEXAS


Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on September 3, 2019, applicable to workers and former
workers of Lufkin Industries, LLC, Corporate Office, an operating
business of Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Lufkin, Texas (Lufkin-
Corporate Office).
At the request of a State workforce representative, the
Department reviewed the certification.
New information shows that several workers separated from
Lufkin-Corporate Office had their wages reported under the name
Quinn Pumps, Inc.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who adversely affected by a shift
in the supply of like or directly competitive services to a
foreign country.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to
properly reflect this matter. The amended certification
applicable to TA-W-94,840 is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Lufkin Industries, LLC, Corporate Office, an
operating business of Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Lufkin,
Texas, including workers whose wages are reported under Quinn
Pumps, Inc., Lufkin, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 23, 2018, through September 3,
2021, and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on September 3, 2019
through September 3, 2021, 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 29th day of May, 2020

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



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,840

LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, LLC
CORPORATE OFFICE
AN OPERATING BUSINESS OF BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY
LUFKIN, TEXAS

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 May 24, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Lufkin Industries, LLC, Corporate Office, an
operating business of Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Lufkin,
Texas. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the supply of accounts payable processing services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Lufkin Industries, LLC, Corporate Office, an
operating business of Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Lufkin,
Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lufkin Industries,
LLC, Corporate Office, an operating business of Baker Hughes,
a GE Company, Lufkin, Texas, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of accounts payable processing services,
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 Lufkin Industries, LLC, Corporate Office,
an operating business of Baker Hughes, a GE Company,
Lufkin, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 23, 2018, 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 3rd day of September 2019.

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