DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,939

SUPERVALU INC.
SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICES DIVISION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, 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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(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
(i)(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.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 4, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of SUPERVALU Inc, Supply Chain Services Division,
Information Technology (IT) Department, Pleasant Prairie,
Wisconsin (SUPERVALU Inc). The workers provided information
technology services.
The investigation revealed that workers of SUPERVALU Inc
who were engaged in employment related to information
technology services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers at the subject firm during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
information technology services to India by SUPERVALU Inc
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
SUPERVALU Inc, Supply Chain Services Division, Information
Technology (IT) Department, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SUPERVALU Inc, Supply
Chain Services Division, Information Technology (IT)
Department, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
employment related to information technology services 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 SUPERVALU Inc, Supply Chain Services
Division, Information Technology (IT) Department,
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 3,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 25th day of August, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance