DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,525

TYCO HEALTHCARE, INC.
RETAIL GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER, INC.
WACO, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 on February 7, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tyco Healthcare Retail Group, Waco, Texas. The
workers produce baby diapers.
The investigation revealed that the official company name is
Tyco Healthcare, Inc., Retail Group, Waco, Texas. The subject
firm also leased workers from Manpower, Inc.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of baby
diapers to a country (Mexico), party to a Free Trade Agreement
with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the fabric apparel industry are
adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with baby diapers produced by
the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"Workers of Tyco Healthcare, Inc., Retail Group, including
on-site leased workers of Manpower, Inc., Waco, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 4, 2004, 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 and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of February, 2005.

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