DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,646

PFIZER GLOBAL MANUFACTURING - UNIT 40749
PFIZER GLOBAL MANUFACTURING DIVISION
WORKERS WAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED UNDER PHARMACIA & UPJOHN CO. LLC
PORTAGE, MICHIGAN

Negative Determinations 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 January 9, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Pfizer Global Manufacturing - Unit 40749,
Pfizer Global Manufacturing Division, Portage, Michigan; wages were
also reported by Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. LLC. Workers at the
subject firm perform experiments and provide numerical and written
reports of their finding to senior management within Pfizer Global
Manufacturing. In these reports, the scientists may list the
inputs (i.e., chemicals, formulas), what was observed as the
process took place (i.e., chemical reactions), and what the outcome
of the experiment was (i.e., whether or not the expected outcome
occurred). Scientists then recommend the optimum process.
The investigation revealed that Pfizer Global Manufacturing -
Unit 40749, Pfizer Global Manufacturing Division, Portage,
Michigan, do not produce an article within the meaning of Section
222(a)(2) of the Act. 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 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 performing experiments and providing numerical and written
reports of their findings do not definitely support this
production. Thus the worker group cannot be considered import
impacted or affected by a shift in production of an article.
Additionally, the petition alleges that work was shifted to
Sweden; Pfizer responded that no shift of work occurred.
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 the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Pfizer Global
Manufacturing - Unit 40749, Pfizer Global Manufacturing Division,
Portage, Michigan also included workers whose wages were reported
under Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. LLC, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of April 2008

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