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TAW-73424  /  The Berry Company LLC (Cincinnati, OH)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 02/01/2009
Filed Date: 02/03/2010
Most Recent Update: 05/13/2010
Determination Date: 05/13/2010
Expiration Date: 05/13/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,424

THE BERRY COMPANY LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LOCAL INSIGHT MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
CINCINNATI, OHIO

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 February 3, 2010 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers of The Berry Company LLC, a subsidiary of Local Insight
Media Holdings, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. The workers are engaged
in employment related to the supply of telephone directory
advertising and internet advertising services.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Berry
Company LLC, who are engaged in employment related to the
supply of telephone directory advertising and internet
advertising services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at The Berry Company LLC has been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because The Berry Company LLC
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with those supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to the Dominican Republic contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Dayton, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Berry Company
LLC, who are engaged in employment related to the supply of
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., Cincinnati, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 1, 2009, 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 13th day of May, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance