DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,158

SUPERVALU INC.
IT AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT SERVICES GROUP,
SNELLING PERSONNEL SERVICES, AND ACCOUTEMPS
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA

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 11, 2009 by company official on behalf of workers
of SUPERVALU Inc., IT Department, Eden Prairie, Minnesota and
SUPERVALU Inc., Finance Department, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
(SUPERVALU Inc., IT and Finance Departments). The workers
provide IT services and Finance services, and are separately
identifiable by job function.
The worker groups also consist of on-site leased workers
from Volt Services Group, Snelling Personnel Services, and
Accoutemps.
The investigation revealed that workers of SUPERVALU Inc.,
IT and Finance Departments who are engaged in employment
related to IT services or Finance services meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers in the SUPERVALU INC., IT and Finance
Departments have been separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the services provided by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of IT
services and Finance services from India by SUPERVALU Inc., IT
and Finance Departments contributed importantly to worker
group separations at SUPERVALU Inc., IT and Finance
Departments.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SUPERVALU Inc., IT
Department, Eden Prairie, Minnesota and SUPERVALU Inc.,
Finance Department, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who are engaged in
employment related to IT services or Finance 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., IT Department, Eden
Prairie, Minnesota and SUPERVALU Inc., Finance
Department, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, including on-site
leased workers from Volt Services Group, Snelling Personnel
Services, and Accoutemps, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 11, 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 29th day of July, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance