Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 04/29/2019
Filed Date: 04/30/2020
Most Recent Update: 06/15/2020
Determination Date: 06/15/2020
Expiration Date: 06/15/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,905
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
STEVENS POINT MANUFACTURING PLANT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ABR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, FLEX STAFF, AND SPARHAWK TRUCKING
STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN
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 April 30, 2020 by the United Automotive Workers (UAW)
on behalf of workers and former workers of Donaldson Company,
Inc., Stevens Point Manufacturing Plant Division, Stevens
Point, Wisconsin (Donaldson-Stevens Point). Workers of
Donaldson-Stevens Point are engaged in activities related to the
production of hydraulic lube and fuel filters for the engine
and hydraulics markets. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from ABR Employment Services, Flex Staff, and Sparhawk
Trucking.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Donaldson-Stevens Point
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 articles
like or directly competitive with the hydraulic lube and fuel
filters produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Donaldson-Stevens
Point.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Donaldson-Stevens
Point, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of hydraulic lube and fuel filters, 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 Donaldson Company, Inc., Stevens Point
Manufacturing Plant Division, including on-site leased
workers from ABR Employment Services, Flex Staff, and
Sparhawk Trucking, Stevens Point, Wisconsin who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 29, 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 15th day of June 2020.
/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance