DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,039

FLIK HOSPITALITY GROUP
NORTH AMERICA
WORKING ON-SITE AT MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL
WILKES-BARRE, 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;
(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 July 16, 2015 on behalf of workers of Flik Hospitality
Group, North America division, working on-site at Mondelez
International, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (here in known as
"Flik Hospitality" or "worker's firm"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of food and catering
services. Specifically, these services were supplied on-site to
a client whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm's client has shifted to a foreign country the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the services supplied
by the workers' firm's client, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Flik Hospitality.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flik Hospitality
Group, North America division, working on-site at Mondelez
International, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of food and catering services,
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
certifications:
"All workers of Flik Hospitality Group, North America
division, working on-site at Mondelez International,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 1, 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" and
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of November 2015.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance