DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,261

COOPERVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COOPER COMPANIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RELIANCE TEMPORARY
STAFFING, CTR CORPORATION, AND TIDEWATER STAFFING
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

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 September 10, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of CooperVision, a subsidiary of Cooper Companies,
Norfolk, Virginia (CooperVision). The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of contact lenses. The
worker group consists of on-site leased workers from Reliance
Temporary Staffing, CTR Corporation, and Tidewater Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of CooperVision,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
contact lenses, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers have been separated from CooperVision
during January through August 2009 when compared to the
corresponding 2008 period.
Criterion II has been met because CooperVision has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of contact lenses to the United Kingdom by
CooperVision contributed importantly to worker group
separations at CooperVision.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CooperVision, a
subsidiary of Cooper Companies, including on-site leased
workers from Reliance Temporary Staffing, CTR Corporation, and
Tidewater Staffing, Norfolk, Virginia who are engaged in
employment related to contact lenses 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 CooperVision, a subsidiary of Cooper
Companies, including on-site leased workers from Reliance
Temporary Staffing, CTR Corporation, and Tidewater
Staffing, Norfolk, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
9, 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 4th day of December, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance