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TAW-74365  /  Sigue Corporation (Glendale, CA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/28/2009
Filed Date: 07/09/2010
Most Recent Update: 11/03/2010
Determination Date: 11/03/2010
Expiration Date: 11/03/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,365

SIGUE CORPORATION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS ENVIOS EL CID, INC.
GLENDALE, CALIFORNA

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 July 9, 2010 on behalf of workers of Sigue
Corporation, formerly known as Envios El Cid, Inc., Glendale,
California. The workers supplied money transfer services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sigue
Corporation, who supplied money transfer services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because all workers at the
workers' firm were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted money transfer services to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of money
transfer services by Sigue Corporation contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the Glendale, California
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sigue Corporation,
formerly known as Envios El Cid, Inc., Glendale, California,
who supplied money transfer 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 Sigue Corporation, formerly known as
Envios El Cid, Inc., Glendale, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 28, 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 November, 2010


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