DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,264

BARNES & NOBLE, INC.
MONROE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
DATA CENTER OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
MONROE TOWNSHIP, 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 September 29, 2016 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Barnes & Noble, Inc., Monroe Distribution
Center, Data Center Operations Department, Monroe Township,
New Jersey (Barnes & Noble-Data Center Operations). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
print and digital media. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers. Workers of Barnes & Noble-Data
Center Operations are engaged in activities related to the
supply of internal monitoring and reporting services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Barnes & Noble-Data
Center Operations 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 the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the internal monitoring and
reporting services supplied by the subject workers, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Barnes
& Noble-Data Center Operations.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Barnes & Noble-Data
Center Operations, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of internal monitoring and reporting 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 certification:
"All workers of Barnes & Noble, Inc., Monroe Distribution
Center, Data Center Operations Department, Monroe
Township, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 28, 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 11th day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance