DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,060

SENECA FOODS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer 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 or production is related
to the article or service that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed
on August 12, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of workers
and former workers of Seneca Foods LLC, a subsidiary of Seneca
Foods Corporation, Sunnyside, Washington (Seneca-Sunnyside). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
pears, apples, and cherries used in canned perishables. The
subject worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
The petition alleges that increased imports of like or directly
competitive articles contributed to worker separations at Seneca-
Sunnyside. The petition includes additional information.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petition, and other relevant
sources.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in Seneca-Sunnyside have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Seneca-Sunnyside 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 with the afore-mentioned firm contributed importantly to
worker separations at Seneca-Sunnyside.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Seneca-Sunnyside, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of pears, apples,
and cherries used in canned perishables, 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 Seneca Foods LLC, a subsidiary of Seneca Foods
Corporation, Sunnyside, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 9, 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 20th day of September 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance