DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,416

GENERAL MILLS OPERATIONS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL MILLS, INC
LODI, CALIFORNIA

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 February 2, 2016, by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of General Mills Operations, LLC, a subsidiary of
General Mills, Inc., Lodi, California (General Mills). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of cereal and dry baking mixes products. The subject worker group
does not include any on-site leased or temporary workers.
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/or production of cereal and dry baking mixes products by
General Mills have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by General Mills have increased during the
relevant period as compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at General Mills.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Mills
Operations, LLC, a subsidiary of General Mills, Inc., Lodi,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of cereal and dry baking mixes 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 General Mills Operations, LLC, a subsidiary
of General Mills, Inc., Lodi, California, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
1, 2015, 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 22nd day of April 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance