TAA Decision 82970
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-82,970
TREK BICYCLE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LIFESTYLE STAFFING
WATERLOO, 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; and
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and
(ii)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 August 13, 2013 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Trek Bicycle Corporation, Waterloo, Wisconsin.
Trek Bicycle Corporation is a manufacturer and distributor of
bicycle and cycling products. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of carbon fiber bike
frames. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Lifestyle Staffing.
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
and/or production of carbon fiber bike frames by Trek Bicycle
Corporation have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because
reliance on imports of bicycles like or directly competitive
with bicycles incorporating carbon fiber bike frames produced
by Trek Bicycle Corporation has increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imports contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Trek Bicycle Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Trek Bicycle
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Lifestyle
Staffing, Waterloo, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of carbon fiber bike frames 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 Trek Bicycle Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Lifestyle Staffing, Waterloo,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 12, 2012 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 7th day of November, 2013.
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance