DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,288

H. J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P.
FROZEN FOODS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMERICAN STAFFING AGENCY
ONTARIO, OREGON

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 December 12, 2013 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., Frozen Foods
Division, Ontario, Oregon. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of frozen potato products.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from American
Staffing Agency.
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 frozen potato products by H.J. Heinz
Company, L.P., Frozen Foods Division have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because increased
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
frozen potato products produced by H.J. Heinz Company, L.P.,
Frozen Foods Division have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at H.J. Heinz
Company, L.P., Frozen Foods Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of H.J. Heinz Company,
L.P., Frozen Foods Division, including on-site leased workers
from American Staffing Agency, Ontario, Oregon, who are engaged
in activities related to production of frozen potato 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 H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., Frozen Foods
Division, including on-site leased workers from American
Staffing Agency, Ontario, Oregon, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
11, 2012 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 5th day of February, 2014.


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