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TAW-93309  /  Smart & Final Stores LLC (Commerce, CA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 11/13/2016
Filed Date: 11/14/2017
Most Recent Update: 12/17/2017
Determination Date: 12/17/2017
Expiration Date: 12/17/2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,309

SMART & FINAL STORES LLC
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SMART & FINAL STORES, INC.
COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA

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 November 14, 2017 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Smart & Final Stores LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smart
& Final Stores, Inc., Commerce, California ("Smart & Final
Stores LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of hybrid grocery retailer servicing
business and household customer services. However, the group,
the subject of the investigation, is Information Technology (IT)
support workers for stores and corporate offices.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 IT services like or
directly competitive with IT services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Smart & Final Stores LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smart & Final Stores
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smart & Final Stores, Inc.,
Commerce, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of hybrid grocery retailer servicing business and
household customers, specifically, Information Technology
support services to stores and corporate offices 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 Smart & Final Stores LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Smart & Final Stores, Inc., Commerce,
California, engaged in activities related to the supply of
Information Technology support services to stores and
corporate offices who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 13, 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 17th day of December 2017.

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