DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,243

WHOLESOME HARVEST BAKING, LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BIMBO BAKERIES INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GRUPO BIMBO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
RICHMOND, 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; 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 October 2, 2019, by a One-Stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers of Wholesome Harvest Baking, LLC, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Bimbo Bakeries Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V., Richmond,
California ("Wholesome Harvest Baking"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of fresh baked
bread, rolls, and buns.
The worker group was previously involved in petition number
TA-W-95,244. The investigation of that petition was terminated
on November 25, 2019, because the workers were covered by this
investigation, which was already in progress at that time.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of fresh baked bread, rolls, and buns by
Wholesome Harvest Baking have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Wholesome Harvest Baking have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Wholesome Harvest Baking.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wholesome Harvest
Baking, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bimbo Bakeries Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.,
Richmond, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of fresh baked bread, rolls, and buns, 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 Wholesome Harvest Baking, LLC, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Bimbo Bakeries Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V., Richmond,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 1, 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 7th day of May 2020.

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