DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,790

CARDINAL HEALTH 200 INC.
MEDICAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO, OLSTON,
AND SPHERION
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 6, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cardinal Health 200 Inc., Medical Products
Manufacturing Division, Asheville, North Carolina. The workers
manufacture facemasks, disposable shoe covers, washcloths, wipes,
and towels for the medical industry. Workers are not separately
identifiable.
The subject firm also leased workers from Adecco, Olsten, and
Spherion.
The investigation revealed that there was a decline in
employment in full year 2005, when compared to full year 2004.
The subject firm shifted a portion of its production of
facemasks, disposable shoe covers, washcloths, wipes, and towels
for the medical industry to a country (Mexico) that is a 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 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 of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Cardinal Health 200 Inc., Medical Products
Manufacturing Division, Asheville, North Carolina, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco, Olston, and Spherion, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 10, 2005 through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
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 17th day of February 2006.

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