DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,419

DOLE BERRY COMPANY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
FUTURE HARVESTERS AND PACKERS, INC.
FMG FARM CONTRACTOR, INC.
CERRITOS FARMS, INC.
WATSONVILLE, 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 January 11, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Dole Berry Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Future Harvesters and Packers, Inc., FMG Farm Contractor,
Inc., and Cerritos Farms, Inc., Watsonville, California are the
subject of this investigation ("Dole Berry Company"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of fresh raspberries. The subject worker group includes workers
engaged in activities related to the planting, growing,
marketing and sale of fresh raspberries.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of fresh raspberries by Dole Berry Farms
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Dole Berry Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Dole Berry
Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dole Berry Company, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Future Harvesters and
Packers, Inc., FMG Farm Contractor, Inc., and Cerritos Farms,
Inc., Watsonville, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of fresh raspberries 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 Dole Berry Company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Future Harvesters and Packers,
Inc., FMG Farm Contractor, Inc., and Cerritos Farms, Inc.,
Watsonville, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 10, 2017,
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 February 2018.

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