DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,774

SESAME SOLUTIONS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF T.J. HARKINS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HIRING PARTNERS, INC.
PARIS, TEXAS

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 24, 2010 on behalf of workers of Sesame
Solutions, LLC, Paris, Texas. The workers processed sesame
seeds for baked goods. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Hiring Partners, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sesame
Solutions, LLC, who are engaged in employment related to
production of sesame seeds, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of sesame seeds by Sesame Solutions, LLC have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with sesame seeds
produced by Sesame Solutions, LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(2)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of sesame seeds contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Sesame Solutions, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sesame Solutions,
LLC, Paris, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to
processing of sesame seeds, 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 Sesame Solutions, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Hiring Partners, Inc., Paris, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 23, 2009, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
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 3rd day of June, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance