DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,200

GENERAL MILLS, INC.
PILLSBURY DIVISION
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 12, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by Teamsters Local 773 on behalf of workers of
General Mills, Pillsbury Division, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The
workers produce frozen waffles.
The investigation revealed that the Allentown, Pennsylvania
facility is the sole domestic frozen waffle production facility of
General Mills. The company sells nationwide.
Sales of waffles and employment declined at the subject plant
in the relevant periods.
United States aggregate imports of waffles and wafers
increased markedly in 2005 and in the first two months of 2006.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with frozen waffles produced at
General Mills, Pillsbury Division, Allentown, Pennsylvania
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of General Mills, Pillsbury Division, Allentown,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 12, 2005 through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 18th day of May, 2006


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance