DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,240

SNOKIST GROWERS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADD STAFFING AND ACE, INC.
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON

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 January 13, 2012 by a representative of The Carpenters
Industrial Council (CIC), Local 3023, on behalf of workers of
SnoKist Growers, Yakima, Washington (SnoKist). The workers’
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
canned fruit (including fruit packed in cans, glass, aseptic
totes, and single served cups). The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Add Staffing and Ace, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and a customer survey conducted
by the Department.
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)(A)(i) has been met because SnoKist
sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because there has
been increased imports during the relevant period of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by SnoKist.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer reliance on imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at SnoKist.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SnoKist Growers,
Yakima, Washington, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of canned fruit, 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 SnoKist Growers, including on-site leased
workers from Add Staffing and Ace, Inc., Yakima,
Washington, 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 16th day of February, 2012

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