DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,157

AAA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA & UTAH INSURANCE EXCHANGE
FINANCE DIVISION
FINANCE AND AMINISTRATION OPERATIONS
FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a state workforce official on December 12, 2011 on
behalf of workers of AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah
Insurance Exchange, Finance Division, Finance and
Administration Operations, Fairfield, California, (The Finance
Division, Finance and Administration Operations Group). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
membership account services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations within The
Finance Division, Finance and Administration Operations Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AAA Northern
California, Nevada & Utah Insurance Exchange, Finance
Division, Finance and Administration Operations, Fairfield,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of membership account 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 AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah
Insurance Exchange, Finance Division, Finance and
Administration Operations, Fairfield, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 2010, 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 12th day of March, 2012.


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