DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,391

B. BRAUN OF PUERTO RICO, INC.
B. BRAUN MEDICAL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADDECO
SABANA GRANDE, PUERTO RICO

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 April 27, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of B. Braun of Puerto Rico, Inc., B. Braun Medical
Division, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. The workers produce
intravenous solution administration kits. These include kits for
blood administration, urology/peritoneal dialysis, and fluid
administration. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Addeco.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined between 2005 and 2006.
The subject firm has shifted a portion of production of
intravenous solution administration kits to a country (the
Dominican Republic) which is a beneficiary country under the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
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 do not possess skills that are 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 the Dominican Republic 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 B. Braun of Puerto Rico, Inc., B. Braun
Medical Division, including on-site leased workers from
Addeco, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 23, 2006
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 10th day of May 2007


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