DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,830

LOS ANGELES SALAD COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF R.E. HANA ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM PERSONNEL PLUS
CITY OF INDUSTRY, 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; 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 July 26, 2012 by state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Los Angeles Salad Company, a subsidiary of R.E.
Hana Enterprises, Inc., City of Industry, California (LA Salad
Company). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of processed vegetables. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Personnel Plus.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of processed vegetables by LA Salad Company
have decreased comparing 2010 to 2011.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the article produced by LA Salad Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports of processed vegetables contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and sales and
production declines at LA Salad Company.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Los Angeles Salad
Company, a subsidiary of R.E. Hana Enterprises, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Personnel Plus City of
Industry, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of processed vegetables 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 Los Angeles Salad Company, a subsidiary
of R.E. Hana Enterprises, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Personnel Plus City of Industry, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 25, 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 18th day of September, 2012.


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