DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,200

VWR INTERNATIONAL, LLC
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 by the State of New Jersey TAA
Coordinator on behalf of workers of VWR International, LLC,
Finance Department, Bridgeport, New Jersey. The workers in the
Finance Department are engaged in activities related to
finance and accounts receivable.
The investigation revealed that workers of VWR
International, LLC, Finance Department, Bridgeport, New Jersey
who are engaged in employment related to finance and accounts
receivable meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment in the
Finance Department at the subject firm has declined
significantly.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to India the supply of services like or directly
competitive with finance and accounts receivable supplied by
the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of finance
and accounts receivable to India by VWR International, LLC,
Bridgeport, New Jersey, contributed importantly to worker
group separations at VWR International, LLC, Bridgeport, New
Jersey.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of VWR International,
LLC, Finance Department, Bridgeport, New Jersey, who are
engaged in employment related to finance and accounts
receivable meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of VWR International, LLC, Finance
Department, Bridgeport, New Jersey, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of July, 2009


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