DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,542

SANOFI-AVENTIS, LLC
INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PRO-UNLIMITED@SANOFI-AVENTIS
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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 February 22, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sanofi-Aventis, LLC, Industrial Affairs Division,
Kansas City, Missouri (Sanofi-Aventis). The workers are engaged
in employment related to the production of pharmaceuticals and
are not separately identifiable by product line. The worker
group consists of on-site leased workers from Pro-
Unlimited@Sanofi-Aventis.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sanofi-Aventis,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
pharmaceuticals, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Sanofi-Aventis has been totally or
partially separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Sanofi-Aventis has
shifted to foreign countries the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the pharmaceuticals produced by
the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Kansas City, Missouri facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sanofi-Aventis, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
pharmaceuticals, 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 Sanofi-Aventis, LLC, Industrial Affairs
Division, including on-site leased workers from Pro-
Unlimited@Sanofi-Aventis, Kansas City, Missouri, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 10, 2009, 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 2nd day of July, 2010


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