DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,863

GENERAL MILLS SERVICES, INC.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT), FINANCE, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL MILLS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BARTECH (BTS), CHARTER SOLUTIONS, HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION,
KELLY MITCHELL GROUP, INC., AND POPULUS GROUP
GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA

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 May 2, 2017, by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of General Mills Services, Inc., Information Technology
(IT), Finance, and Administrative Services divisions, a
subsidiary of General Mills, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Bartech (BTS), Charter Solutions, Horizontal
Integration, Kelly Mitchell Group, Inc., and Populus Group,
Golden Valley, Minnesota ("General Mills Services, Inc.- IT,
Finance, and Administrative Services"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of a variety
of food products for consumer consumption. The subject worker
group is engaged in the supply of internal IT, finance, and
administrative support services to General Mills, Inc.
locations and corporate offices only. IT, finance, and
administrative services workers at the subject firm are not
separately identifiable by the service supplied.
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 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 partially shifted to a foreign country, and also
acquired from a foreign country, the supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
General Mills Services, Inc. - IT, Finance, and Administrative
Services.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Mills
Services, Inc., Information Technology (IT), Finance, and
Administrative Services divisions, a subsidiary of General
Mills, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Bartech
(BTS), Charter Solutions, Horizontal Integration, Kelly
Mitchell Group, Inc., and Populus Group, Golden Valley,
Minnesota, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of internal IT, finance, and administrative 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 General Mills Services, Inc., Information
Technology (IT), Finance, and Administrative Services
divisions, a subsidiary of General Mills, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Bartech (BTS), Charter
Solutions, Horizontal Integration, Kelly Mitchell Group,
Inc., and Populus Group, Golden Valley, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 1, 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 June 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance