DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,313

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
BD MEDICAL, SHARPS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
THE EASTRIDGE GROUP AND NEW DAY STAFFING
OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA

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 June 29, 2010 by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Medical, Sharps
Disposal Systems, Oceanside, California. The workers are engaged
in activities related to the production of sharps collectors
(medical waste disposal units). The workers are not separately
identifiable by specific product. The worker group also
includes on-site leased workers from The Eastridge Group and
New Day Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Becton,
Dickinson and Company, BD Medical, Sharps Disposal Systems,
including on-site leased workers from The Eastridge Group and
New Day Staffing, Oceanside, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of sharps collectors, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
is acquiring from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the sharps collectors
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
sharps collectors from a foreign country by Becton, Dickinson
and Company, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Oceanside facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Becton, Dickinson and
Company, BD Medical, Sharps Disposal Systems, including on-site
leased workers from The Eastridge Group and New Day Staffing,
Oceanside, California, who are engaged in activities related to
production of sharps collectors 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 Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Medical,
Sharps Disposal Systems, including on-site leased workers
from The Eastridge Group and New Day Staffing, Oceanside,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 8, 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 27th day of July, 2010

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