DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,529

HOSPIRA INC.
SHARED SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on December 5, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hospira Inc., Shared Services Department, Rocky
Mount, North Carolina. The workers provide support services
related to the production of medical supplies. This support
includes accounting, materials planning, and quality control
services.
The investigation found that the workers of the Shared
Services Department of the subject firm provide support to
foreign production facilities of medical supplies; they do not
support the domestic production of medical supplies.

In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The investigation revealed that although
production of an article(s) occurred within the firm or
appropriate subdivision, the workers of the Shared Services
Department described above do not support this production. Thus
the worker group cannot be considered import impacted or
affected by a shift in production of an article.
In addition, 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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Hospira Inc.,
Shared Services Department, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974
as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of January, 2007


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