TAA Decision 82502
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-82,502
PFIZER - ROUSES POINT
PFIZER GLOBAL SUPPLY
ROUSES POINT, NEW YORK
TA-W-82,502A
LEASED WORKERS FROM WESTAFF
WORKING ON-SITE AT PFIZER - ROUSES POINT
ROUSES POINT, NEW YORK
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 February 26, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Pfizer - Rouses Point, Pfizer Global Supply, Rouses
Point, New York. The workers' firm is engaged in the development
and production of pharmaceuticals. The worker group is engaged
in the production of pharmaceutical medicines and products. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Westaff.
Workers of Pfizer - Rouses Point, Pfizer Global Supply,
Rouses Point, New York were covered under certification number
TA-W-74,961 that expired on March 21, 2013. That certification
did not cover the on-site leased workers from Westaff.
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 production of articles
like or directly competitive with the pharmaceuticals produced
by the workers' firm, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Rouses Point, New York facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pfizer - Rouses
Point, Pfizer Global Supply, Rouses Point, New York, who are
engaged in activities related to production of pharmaceutical
medicines and 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 Pfizer - Rouses Point, Pfizer Global
Supply, Rouses Point, New York, (TA-W-82,502), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 22, 2013, 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,
AND
All leased workers from Westaff, working on-site at Pfizer,
Rouses Point, New York (TA-W-82,502A) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
12, 2012, 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 25th day of April, 2013
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
_________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance