DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,657

THE SEATTLE TIMES
PRE-PRESS DEPARTMENT
TRAFFIC CENTRAL GROUP
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

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 February 21, 2017 by the State of Washington on behalf
of workers of The Seattle Times, Pre-Press Department, Traffic
Central Group, Seattle, Washington (Seattle Times-Traffic
Central). The Seattle Times is a newspaper (print and electronic
format). The subject worker group excludes workers who are part
of the Pre-Press Department but are not part of Traffic Central.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Seattle Times-Traffic
Central 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 those supplied by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Seattle Times-Traffic Central.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Seattle Times-Traffic
Central 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 The Seattle Times, Pre-Press Department,
Traffic Central Group, Seattle, Washington, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 16, 2016 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 July 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance