DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,357

KELLOGG SALES COMPANY
LA PALMA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
A DIVISION OF KEEBLER COMPANY
A SUBDIVISION OF KELLOGG COMPANY
LA PALMA, 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 11, 2017 by three workers on behalf of the
workers of Kellogg Sales Company, La Palma Distribution Center,
a division of Keebler Company, a subdivision of Kellogg Company,
La Palma, California ("Kellogg Sales Company").
The workers are engaged in activities related to the supply
of sales and distribution services for Keebler/Cheez-IT cookies
and crackers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Kellogg Sales
Company is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Kellogg Sales Company with the firm that employed a
certified worker group contributed importantly to worker
separations at Kellogg Sales Company.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kellogg Sales
Company, La Palma Distribution Center, a division of Keebler
Company, a subdivision of Kellogg Company, La Palma, California
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of sales and
distribution services for Keebler/Cheez-IT cookies and crackers
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:













"All workers of Kellogg Sales Company, La Palma
Distribution Center, a division of Keebler Company, a
subdivision of Kellogg Company, La Palma, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 4, 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 15th day of February 2018.

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