DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,908

ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, LTD.
TRANSPORTATION UNIT
TECHNICAL SERVICES FUNCTION
WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO

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 June 3, 2009, on behalf of workers of Rohm and Haas
Company, Ltd., Transportation Unit, Technical Services
Function, West Alexandria, Ohio. The workers were engaged in
activities related to research and development of adhesives
used to bond rubber and metal.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rohm and Haas
Company, Ltd., Transportation Unit, Technical Services
Function, West Alexandria, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to research and developement meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers of the subject firm have been laid off during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country activities related to
research and development like that are like or directly
competitive with the service supplied by the workers firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of research
and development to a foreign country by Rohm and Haas Company,
Ltd., Transportation Unit, Technical Services Function, West
Alexandria, Ohio, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Rohm and Haas Company, Ltd., Transportation
Unit, Technical Services Function, West Alexandria, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rohm and Haas
Company, Ltd., Transportation Unit, Technical Services
Function, West Alexandria, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to research and development 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 Rohm and Haas Company, Ltd.,
Transportation Unit, Technical Services Function, West
Alexandria, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 19, 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 22nd day of October, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance