DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,184

DEL MONTE FOODS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF DEL MONTE FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
MENDOTA, ILLINOIS

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 September 16, 2019 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Del Monte Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Del
Monte Foods Holdings Limited, Mendota, Illinois. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
canned or packaged vegetables. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Del Monte Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Del
Monte Foods Holdings Limited, Mendota, Illinois.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Del Monte Foods,
Inc., a subsidiary of Del Monte Foods Holdings Limited,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Mendota, Illinois, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of canned or packaged vegetables 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 Del Monte Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Del
Monte Foods Holdings Limited, including on-site leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals, Mendota,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 12, 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 6th day of November 2019.

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