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TAW-72706  /  Berry Company (Erie, PA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/22/2008
Filed Date: 10/29/2009
Most Recent Update: 05/12/2010
Determination Date: 05/12/2010
Expiration Date: 05/12/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,706

THE BERRY COMPANY,LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LOCAL INSIGHT MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS LOCAL INSIGHT YELLOW PAGES
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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. (Set forth in 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 with the state of Pennsylvania on October 29, 2009 on
behalf of workers of The Berry Company LLC, a subsidiary of
Local Insight Media Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Local
Insight Yellow Pages, Erie, Pennsylvania. The workers are
engaged in activities related to telephone directory
advertising and internet advertising services. The workers are
not separately identifiable by services.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Berry
Company who are engaged in activities related to telephone
directory advertising and internet advertising services meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
in telephone directory advertising and internet advertising
services by The Berry Company, in Erie, Pennsylvania to the
Dominican Republic.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
telephone directory advertising and internet advertising
services to the Dominican Republic contributed importantly to
worker group separations at The Berry Company in Erie,
Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Berry Company
LLC, a subsidiary of Local Insight Media Holdings, Inc.,
formerly known as Local Insight Yellow Pages, Erie,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to telephone
directory advertising and internet advertising 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 The Berry Company LLC, a subsidiary of
Local Insight Media Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Local
Insight Yellow Pages, Erie, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 22, 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 12th day of May, 2010


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