DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,793

PACIFIC DATA IMAGES, INC. (PDI)
A SUBSIDIARY OF DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PREMIER STAFFING
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA

Notice of Revised Determination
After Statutory Reconsideration

As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization
Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015), which was enacted as Title IV of the
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law No. 114-27,
section 405(a)(1)(A), the investigation into this petition was
reopened for a reconsideration investigation to apply the
requirements for worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the TAARA 2015, to the
facts of this petition (statutory reconsideration).
The initial investigation, initiated January 28, 2015,
resulted in a negative determination, issued on May 1, 2015, that
was based on the fact that Pacific Data Images did not shift the
production of technical and artistic components, or like or
directly competitive articles, to a foreign country. The
determination was applicable to workers and former workers of
Pacific Data Images, Inc. (PDI), a subsidiary of Dream Works
Animation SKG, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Premier Staffing, Redwood City, California. The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of technical and
artistic content.
Based on information reviewed during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department of Labor determines that the workers’
firm has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers of the subject
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Pacific Data Images,
Inc. (PDI), a subsidiary of Dream Works Animation SKG, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Premier Staffing, Redwood
City, California.

Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Pacific Data
Images, Inc. (PDI), a subsidiary of Dream Works Animation SKG,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Premier Staffing,
Redwood City, California, who are engaged in activities related to
production of technical and artistic content, 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 Pacific Data Images, Inc. (PDI), a subsidiary
of Dream Works Animation SKG, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Premier Staffing, Redwood City, California who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 27, 2014, 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 26th day of February, 2016


/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance






DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,793

PACIFIC DATA IMAGES, INC. (PDI)
A SUBSIDIARY OF DREAM WORKS ANIMATION SKG, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PREMIER STAFFING
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a) and
(b) of Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) and (b). For
the Department of Labor to issue a certification for workers
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), the
following three criteria must be met:
(1) The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm,
or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two
ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers' firm
must have decreased absolutely, AND
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and
(iii) the increase 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 or subdivision.
(B) Shift in Production Path:
(i) there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a
free trade agreement with the United States;
(II)the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
(III)there has been or is likely to be an increase
in imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker
certification under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(b), to workers of a Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the
following criteria must be met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article that
was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms "Supplier" and "Downstream Producer."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 28, 2015 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Pacific Data Images, Inc., a subsidiary of Dream
Works Animation SKG, Inc., Redwood City, California (Pacific
Data Images). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of technical and artistic components
(animated design). The worker groups included on-site
leased/temporary workers from Premier Staffing.
The petitioners alleged "Per various news reports, the
company is reorganizing. As part of the reorganization, the
company is outsourcing work."
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Pacific Data Images did not shift
the production of technical and artistic components, or like or
directly competitive articles, to any foreign country.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that that Criterion (2)(A)(ii) has not
been met because imports of technical and artistic components
like or directly competitive with those produced by Pacific Data
Images have not increased during the relevant period. The
subject firm did not report increased imports of technical and
artistic components, or like or directly competitive articles.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Pacific Data Images is not a
Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group
of workers who received a certification of eligibility under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
TAA. Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA,
the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified
eligible for ATAA.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Pacific Data
Images, Inc., a subsidiary of Dream Works Animation SKG, Inc.,
including on-site leased/temporary workers from Premier
Staffing, Redwood City, California, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, and are also denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974, amended.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 1st day of May, 2015


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