DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,922

CATERPILLAR INC.
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES SEGMENT
EXCAVATION DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADITI CONSULTING,
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC., CLEGG SERVICES, LTD.,
CROSSROAD MACHINE, EPITEC, INC., HINKLE CONTRACTING COMPANY,
LLC, INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LANCESOFT INC, LATITUDE 36,
MANPOWER, MCLEMORE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, INC., MEI, LLC,
MERIDIAN STAFFING SERVICE, INC, POPULUS GROUP, SECURITAS,
SWOON GROUP, LLC, THE MULTIPLE LISTING STAFFING, THE TOOL &
GAGE HOUSE, VIVA USA INC, VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.,
W.W. GRAINGER, INC., AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
VICTORIA, 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 15, 2020, by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Caterpillar Inc., Construction Industries segment,
Excavation Division, including on-site leased workers from
Aditi Consulting, Advanced Technology Services, Inc., Clegg
Services, LTD., Crossroad Machine, Epitec, Inc., Hinkle
Contracting Company, LLC, Innovative Systems Group, Lancesoft
Inc, Latitude 36, Manpower, McLemore Building Maintenance,
Inc., Mei, LLC, Meridian Staffing Service, Inc, Populus Group,
Securitas, Swoon Group, LLC, The Multiple Listing Staffing,
The Tool & Gage House, VIVA USA Inc, Volt Information
Sciences, Inc., W.W. Grainger, Inc., and Waste Management,
Victoria, Texas ("Caterpillar Inc., Victoria"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of large
hydraulic excavators and forestry excavators.
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 production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Caterpillar Inc., Victoria.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar Inc.,
Construction Industries segment, Excavation Division,
including on-site leased workers from Aditi Consulting,
Advanced Technology Services, Inc., Clegg Services, LTD.,
Crossroad Machine, Epitec, Inc., Hinkle Contracting Company,
LLC, Innovative Systems Group, Lancesoft Inc, Latitude 36,
Manpower, McLemore Building Maintenance, Inc., Mei, LLC,
Meridian Staffing Service, Inc, Populus Group, Securitas,
Swoon Group, LLC, The Multiple Listing Staffing, The Tool &
Gage House, VIVA USA Inc, Volt Information Sciences, Inc.,
W.W. Grainger, Inc., and Waste Management, Victoria, Texas,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of large
hydraulic excavators and forestry excavators, 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 Caterpillar Inc., Construction Industries
segment, Excavation Division, including on-site leased
workers from Aditi Consulting, Advanced Technology
Services, Inc., Clegg Services, LTD., Crossroad Machine,
Epitec, Inc., Hinkle Contracting Company, LLC, Innovative
Systems Group, Lancesoft Inc, Latitude 36, Manpower,
McLemore Building Maintenance, Inc., Mei, LLC, Meridian
Staffing Service, Inc, Populus Group, Securitas, Swoon
Group, LLC, The Multiple Listing Staffing, The Tool &
Gage House, VIVA USA Inc, Volt Information Sciences,
Inc., W.W. Grainger, Inc., and Waste Management,
Victoria, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 14, 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 17th day of June 2020.

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