DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,883

GRAY & COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK AND GLISS
GENERAL LABOR & INDUSTRIAL STAFFING SERVICES
DAYTON, OREGON

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 June 7, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Gray & Company, a subsidiary of Seneca Foods
Corporation, Dayton, Oregon. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of pitted brine cherries.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Aerotek and GLISS General Labor & Industrial Staffing
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 articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Gray &
Company, a subsidiary of Seneca Foods Corporation, Dayton,
Oregon.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gray & Company, a
subsidiary of Seneca Foods Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek and GLISS General Labor &
Industrial Staffing Services, Dayton, Oregon, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of pitted brine cherries
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 Gray & Company, a subsidiary of Seneca
Foods Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek and GLISS General Labor & Industrial Staffing
Services, Dayton, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 5, 2018 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 29th day of August 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance