DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,369

RAMSEY TECHNOLOGY
A DIVISION OF THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
PRO STAFF, ADECCO, ATLANTIS TECH SERVICES, ACCOUNT TEMPS,
HALTERMAN & ASSOCIATES, PACIOLI, AQUENT, AND TFI RESOURCES
COON RAPIDS, MINNESOTA

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 23, 2009 by the Minnesota State Workforce Office.
The workers were engaged in activities related to the
production of weight scales, metal detectors, and x-ray
detectors.
The worker group also includes on-site leased workers
from Pro Staff, Adecco, Atlantis Tech Services, Account Temps,
Halterman & Associates, Pacioli, Aquent, and TFI Resources.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thermo Ramsey, a
division of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Coon Rapids, Minnesota
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
weight scales, metal detectors, and x-ray detectors meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the firm has shifted to
China, the production of articles like or directly competitive
with the articles manufactured at the Coon Rapids facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of weight scales, metal detectors, and x-ray
detectors to China by Thermo Ramsey, a division of Thermo
Fisher Scientific, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Coon Rapids, Minnesota facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermo Ramsey, a
division of Thermo Fisher Scientific, who are engaged in
employment related to the manufacture of weight scales, metal
detectors, and x-ray detectors 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 Thermo Ramsey, a division of Thermo Fisher
Scientific, including on-site leased workers of Pro
Staff, Adecco, Atlantis Tech Services, Account Temps,
Halterman & Associates, Pacioli, Aquent, and TFI
Resources, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 23,
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 24th day of September, 2009


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