DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,713

TRONC, INC.
FINANCE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
NIIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-92,713A

TRONC, INC.
FINANCE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
NIIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination 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 10, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of tronc, Inc., Finance Division, including on-site
leased workers from NIIT Technologies, Inc., Fountain Valley,
California (TA-W-92,713) and tronc, Inc., Finance Division,
including on-site leased workers from NIIT Technologies, Inc.,
Los Angeles, California (TA-W-92,713A). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of media services.
The subject worker groups supply internal support services for the
Finance Division.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of workers at tronc, Inc., Finance Division,
Fountain Valley, California, have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened with such separation.
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 services supplied by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at tronc, Inc., Finance Division, Fountain Valley, California.
TA-W-92,713A
With respect to Section 222(a) and Section 222(b) of the Act,
the investigation revealed that Criterion (1) has not been met
because a significant number or proportion of workers at tronc,
Inc., Finance Division, Los Angeles, California, have not become
totally or partially separated, nor are they threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
And, the group eligibility requirements under Section 222(e)
of the Act, have not been satisfied because Criterion (1) has not
been met since the workers' firm has not been publicly identified
by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in an affirmative
finding of serious injury, market disruption, or material injury,
or threat thereof.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that the requirements of Section 222 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272, have not been met regarding the
investigation of tronc, Inc., Finance Division, including on-site
leased workers from NIIT Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles,
California, and, therefore, deny petition TA-W-92,713A to apply
for adjustment assistance, in accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273.
And, after careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of tronc, Inc., Finance
Division, Fountain Valley, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of support 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 tronc, Inc., Finance Division, including on-
site leased workers from NIIT Technologies, Inc., Fountain
Valley, California (TA-W-92,713), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 9,
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 3rd day of July 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance