DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,249

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
MIAMI TECH CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES,
BIOTEKNICA, GOODE CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL INC., APOLLO,
UNICCO, UNICO AND EUREST
MIAMI, FLORDIA

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 January 12, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Boston Scientific, Miami Tech Center, Miami, Florida.
The workers produce medical devices. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, BioTeknica, Goode
Consulting International Inc., Apollo, Unicco, Unico and Eurest.
The investigation revealed that workers of Boston
Scientific, Miami Tech Center, Miami, Florida, who are engaged
in employment related to production of medical devices meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or are threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to Costa Rica the production of an article like or
directly competitive with the article produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of medical devices by Boston Scientific contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Miami, Florida
facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boston Scientific,
Miami Tech Center, Miami, Florida, who are engaged in employment
related to production of medical devices 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 Boston Scientific, Miami Tech Center,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
BioTeknica, Goode Consulting International Inc., Apollo,
Unicco, Unico and Eurest, Miami, Florida, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 11, 2009, 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 26th day of February, 2010

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