DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,888

GUNDERSON LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, TRADESMEN
INTERNATIONAL, NATIONWIDE SKILLED TRADES, INC., LEAD STAFFING,
AND MADDEN INDUSTRIAL CRAFTSMEN, INC.
PORTLAND, 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;
(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 11, 2019 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Gunderson LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., Portland, Oregon
(Gunderson). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of refrigerated boxcars and intermodal
railcars. Workers are not separately identifiable by the article
produced. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Tradesmen International, Nationwide
Skilled Trades, Inc., Lead Staffing, and Madden Industrial
Craftsmen Inc.
Workers of Gunderson were eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under an earlier certification (TA-W-
92,356) which expired on January 23, 2019.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petition.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Gunderson 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 production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article(s)
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Gunderson.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gunderson, Portland,
Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of refrigerated boxcars and intermodal railcars, 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 Gunderson LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Tradesmen International, Nationwide
Skilled Trades, Inc., Lead Staffing, and Madden Industrial
Craftsmen Inc., Portland, Oregon, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 24,
2019 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 5th day of July 2019.

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