DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,795

MCNEIL-PPC, INC.
MCNEIL CONSUMER HEALTHCARE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ABM CLEANING, CANTEEN,
CINTAS, HEALTHFITNESS, XEROX, KELLY SERVICES, SECURITAS, AND IBM
LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA

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 1, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of McNeil-PPC, Inc., Lititz, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce various healthcare products such as mouthwashes, creams,
and lotions. Workers are not separately identifiable by specific
product.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm leased
workers from ABM Cleaning, Canteen, Cintas, Health Fitness,
Xerox, Kelly Services, Securitas, and IBM.
The investigation revealed that a significant number of
workers have been separated or are threatened to be separated from
the workforce.
The subject firm is shifting a substantial portion of
production at the Lititz facility abroad, including to Canada, a
country that is party to a free trade agreement with the United
States.
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 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 Canada of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of McNeill-PPC, Inc., including leased workers of
ABM Cleaning, Canteen, Cintas, Health Fitness, Xerox, Kelly
Services, Securitas, and IBM, Lititz, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 1, 2007 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 6th day of March 2008


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance