DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,742

DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA
DBA BAY AREA NEWS GROUP
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA/MEDIA NEWS GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LABOR READY AND ROBERT HALF
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-93,742A

EAST BAY TIMES
A PART OF BAY AREA NEWS GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LABOR READY AND ROBERT HALF
ANTIOCH, 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 April 20, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Digital First Media, dba Bay Area News Group, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital First Media/Media News Group,
San Jose, California (TA-W-93,742) and East Bay Times, a part of
Bay Area News Group, Antioch, California (TA-W-93,742A) ("Bay
Area News Group"). The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Labor Ready and Robert Half. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of news and
information gathering service and digital and print advertising
services.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with news and information gathering service
and digital and print advertising services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Bay Area News Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Digital First Media,
dba Bay Area News Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital
First Media/Media News Group, including on-site leased workers
from Labor Ready and Robert Half, San Jose, California (TA-W-
93,742) and East Bay Times, a part of Bay Area News Group,
including on-site leased workers from Labor Ready and Robert
Half, Antioch, California (TA-W-93,742A), who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of news and information
gathering service and digital and print advertising 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 Digital First Media, dba Bay Area News
Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital First
Media/Media News Group, including on-site leased workers
from Labor Ready and Robert Half, San Jose, California (TA-
W-93,742) and East Bay Times, a part of Bay Area News
Group, including on-site leased workers from Labor Ready
and Robert Half, Antioch, California (TA-W-93,742A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 18, 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 12th day of June 2018.

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