DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,438

THE GILLETTE COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF PROCTOR AND GAMBLE
BLADES AND RAZERS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ADECCO AND TOTAL TECHNICAL
SERVICES
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of The Gillette Company, a subsidiary of Proctor and
Gamble, Blades and Razor Division, Boston, Massachusetts (The
Gillette Company). Workers at the subject firm produce blades
and razors for shaving products. The worker group also includes
leased workers from Adecco and Total Technical Services (TTS).
The investigation revealed that workers of The Gillette
Company who are engaged in employment related to the production
of blades and razors meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the blades and razors
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of blades and razors to Poland, Brazil, and Mexico
by The Gillette Company contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Boston, Massachusetts facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Gillette Company,
a subsidiary of Proctor and Gamble, Blades and Razor Division,
Boston, Massachusetts, including on-site leased workers from
Adecco and Total Technical Services (TTS), who are engaged in
employment related to the production of blades and razors 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 The Gillette Company, a subsidiary of
Proctor and Gamble, Blades and Razor Division, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco and Total Technical
Services (TTS), Boston, Massachusetts, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 24,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 19th day of November, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance