DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,656

PHILLIPS FOOD, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ALLINES STAFFING AND 1ST TEAM STAFFING
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

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 May 25, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Phillips Foods, Inc., Baltimore Maryland. The
subject workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of valued-added seafood products. The worker group
includes on-sited leased workers from Allines Staffing and 1st
Team Staffing.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Phillips Foods, Inc.,
have 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
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
the subject firm, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Phillips Food, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Phillips Foods,
Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, who were engaged in employment
related to the production of valued added seafood products,
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 Phillips Foods, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Allines Staffing and 1st Team
Staffing, Baltimore, Maryland, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 23,
2011 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 July, 2012


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