DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,155

SUBTEXT LLC
PORTLAND, 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; 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 September 6, 2019, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Subtext LLC, Portland, Oregon. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
content strategy, user experience strategy, website design,
website development and email marketing services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales of
content strategy, user experience strategy, website design,
website development and email marketing services by Subtext
LLC, Portland, Oregon have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
service supplied by Subtext LLC, Portland, Oregon have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer import reliance contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales declines at Subtext
LLC, Portland, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Subtext LLC,
Portland, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of content strategy, user experience strategy, website
design, website development and email marketing 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 Subtext LLC, Portland, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 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 30th day of March 2020.

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