DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,143

TYCO HEALTHCARE RETAIL GROUP
A DIVISION OF TYCO HEALTHCARE
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER AND ADECCO
HARMONY, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated March 13, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by workers on behalf of workers at Tyco
Healthcare Retail Group, a division of Tyco Healthcare, Harmony,
Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm produced baby
diapers and training pants.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm declined from 2001 to 2002.
Other findings of the investigation show that leased
workers of Manpower and Adecco were engaged in the production of
baby diapers and training pants at Healthcare Retail Group, a
division of Tyco Healthcare, in Harmony, Pennsylvania.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of baby
diapers and training pants to a country (Mexico) that is a party
to a free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there were layoffs and a shift in
production from the subject firm to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Tyco Healthcare Retail Group, a division of
Tyco Healthcare, Harmony, Pennsylvania, and leased workers
of Manpower and Adecco engaged in the production of baby
diapers and training pants at Healthcare Retail Group, a
division of Tyco Healthcare, Harmony, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 13, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of March 2003


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance