DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,998
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
INDIANA TECHNICAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

TA-W-72,998A
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
INDIANA TECHNICAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
MT. VERNON, INDIANA

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 by a company official on December 2, 2009 on behalf of
workers of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Indiana Technical Operations
Division, with facilities located in Evansville, Indiana (TA-W-
72,998) and Mt. Vernon, Indiana (TA-W-72,998A) (hereinafter
referred to as BMS). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production and packaging of pharmaceutical
products as well as providing associated administrative support
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of BMS meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a substantial proportion
of the workers were separated during the relevant time period
and further separations are expected.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
acquired from foreign countries articles likes or directly
competitive with the article produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
pharmaceutical products from France and India by BMS
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Indiana Technical Operations Division in the Evansville and
Mt. Vernon, Indiana facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bristol-Myers Squibb,
Indiana Technical Operations Division with facilities located in
Evansville, Indiana (TA-W-72,998) and Mt. Vernon, Indiana (TA-W-
72,998A) 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 Bristol-Myers Squibb, Indiana Technical
Operations Division with facilities located in Evansville,
Indiana (TA-W-72,998) and Mt. Vernon, Indiana (TA-W-
72,998A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 20, 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 2nd day of March, 2010

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