DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,177

HEARTLAND BAKERY COMPANY, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MAPLEHURST BAKERIES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECTREMEDY AND WESTAFF
DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS

Amended 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 issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on January 20, 2012, applicable to workers of Heartland
Bakery Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Select Remedy, Du Quoin,
Illinois. The Department’s notice of determination was published
in the Federal Register on February 14, 2012 (77 FR 8283). Workers
were engaged in employment related to the production of cookies.
At the request of the State Workforce Office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
The company reports that workers from Westaff were employed
on-site at the Du Quoin, Illinois location of Heartland Bakery
Company, LLC. The Department has determined that these workers
were sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers of Westaff working on-site at the
Du Quoin, Illinois location of Heartland Bakery Company, LLC.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,177 is hereby issued
as follows:
"All workers of Heartland Bakery Company, LLC, a
subsidiary of Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from SelectRemedy and Westaff, Du Quoin,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 2010, through January
20, 2014, 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 9th day of May, 2012

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
__________________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,177

HEARTLAND BAKERY COMPANY, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MAPLEHURST BAKERIES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM SELECTREMEDY
DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS

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 on December 20, 2011 by a one-stop operator/partner on behalf
of workers of Heartland Bakery Company, LLC, a subsidiary of
Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC, Du Quoin, Illinois (Heartland Bakery).
The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of ready-to-eat everyday and seasonal cookies. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
SelectRemedy.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Heartland Bakery.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Heartland Bakery
Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from SelectRemedy, Du Quoin, Illinois, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of ready-to-eat
everyday and seasonal cookies 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 Heartland Bakery Company, LLC, a subsidiary of
Maplehurst Bakeries, LLC, including on-site leased workers
from SelectRemedy, Du Quoin, Illinois, 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 20th day of January, 2012.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance




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