DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,263

ANNIE'S BAKING, LLC,
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL MILLS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT
PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLELINK STAFFING, AND NEI INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
JOPLIN, MISSOURI

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 September 16, 2015 by an American Job Center on behalf
of workers of Annie's Baking, LLC, a subsidiary of General Mills,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Peoplelink Staffing, and NEI Industrial Services,
Joplin, Missouri. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of cookies and crackers for food
consumers.
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 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 Annie's
Baking, LLC, a subsidiary of General Mills, Inc., Joplin,
Missouri.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Annie's Baking, LLC,
a subsidiary of General Mills, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals, Peoplelink Staffing, and NEI
Industrial Services, Joplin, Missouri, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of cookies and crackers
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 Annie's Baking, LLC, a subsidiary of
General Mills, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, Peoplelink Staffing, and NEI Industrial
Services, Joplin, Missouri, 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."

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 8th day of January, 2016.


/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance