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TAW-85798  /  Windsor Foods (Bloomsburg, PA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 01/27/2014
Filed Date: 01/28/2015
Most Recent Update: 07/30/2015
Determination Date: 07/30/2015
Expiration Date: 07/30/2017

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,798

WINDSOR FOODS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ONE SOURCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS AND AEROTEK, INC.
BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

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 28, 2015 on behalf of workers of Windsor Foods,
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (Windsor Foods-Bloomsburg). Windsor
Foods-Bloomsburg is engaged in activities related to the
production of frozen filled pasta. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from One Source Staffing
Solutions and Aerotek, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, petitioners, and the subject
firm's major declining customers.
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/or production at Windsor Foods-Bloomsburg have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
pasta produced by Windsor Foods-Bloomsburg have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Windsor Foods-Bloomsburg.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Windsor Foods,
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 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 Windsor Foods, including on-site leased
workers from One Source Staffing Solutions and Aerotek,
Inc., Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 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 30th day of July, 2015

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