DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,108

CARGILL COCOA & CHOCOLATE, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CARGILL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HIREGENICS
HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 July 29, 2020 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc., a subsidiary of Cargill,
Inc., Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Cargill & Chocolate, Inc.). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of ready to eat chocolate and confectionary products. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
HireGenics.
The petitioner alleged, "Production from this facility
have shifted overseas."
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 Cargill
& Chocolate, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cargill Cocoa &
Chocolate, Inc., a subsidiary of Cargill, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from HireGenics, Hazleton, Pennsylvania,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of ready
to eat chocolate and confectionary products 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 Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc., a
subsidiary of Cargill, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from HireGenics, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 28, 2019 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 2nd day of December 2020.

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