DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,538

CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
DEDUCTIONS AND TRADE PAYMENTS TEAM
GLOBAL TRANSACTION SERVICES TEAM
INTEGRATED GLOBAL SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED THROUGH
PLUM PBC AND PEPPERIDGE FARM INC.
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY

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 March 2, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Campbell Soup Company, the Deductions and Trade
Payments Team, a group within Global Transaction Services
Team, which is a part of Campbell's broader Integrated Global
Services Division, including workers whose wages were reported
through Plum PBC and Pepperidge Farm Inc., Camden, New Jersey
(herein known as "Campbell Soup Company").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of packaged food. The subject worker group is engaged
in activities related to the supply of sales deductions and
trade-related payments. Specifically, the worker group is
responsible for the investigation and validation of customer
sales deductions and processing trade-related payments.
The workers of the subject worker group were certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under
petition number TA-W-82,774 that expired on June 17, 2015.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Campbell Soup Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Campbell Soup
Company, the Deductions and Trade Payments Team, a group
within Global Transaction Services Team, which is a part of
Campbell's broader Integrated Global Services Division,
including workers whose wages were reported through Plum PBC
and Pepperidge Farm Inc., Camden, New Jersey, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of sales deductions and
trade-related payments 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 Campbell Soup Company, the Deductions and
Trade Payments Team, a group within Global Transaction
Services Team, which is a part of Campbell's broader
Integrated Global Services Division, including workers
whose wages were reported through Plum PBC and Pepperidge
Farm Inc., Camden, New Jersey who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of sales deductions and
trade-related payments, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 18, 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 18th day of March 2016.

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