DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,968

HOSPIRA, INC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS


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 April 21, 2010 on behalf of workers of Hospira, Inc.,
North Chicago, Illinois (Hospira). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of medical electronic
devices and specialty injectables. The group consists of on-
site leased workers from Kelly Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hospira who are
engaged in activities related to the production of medical
electronic devices and specialty injectables meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Hospira have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Hospira to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by Hospira.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of medical
electronic devices and specialty injectables to China and Costa
Rica by Hospira contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Hospira.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hospira, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, North
Chicago, Illinois, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of medical electronic devices and specialty
injectables 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 Hospira, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services, North Chicago, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 19, 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 8th day of June, 2010.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance