DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,546

MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
STERILE PROCEDURE TRAYS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RESOURCE MFG
AND LEVEL RESOURCES
OLDSMAR, FLORIDA

TA-W-74,546A

MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
STERILE PROCEDURE TRAYS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RESOURCE MFG
AND LEVEL RESOURCES
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA

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 August 23, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Medline Industries, Inc., Sterile Procedure Trays
Division, Oldsmar, Florida (TA-W-74,546) and Clearwater, Florida
(TA-W-74,546A). The workers are engaged in activities related
to production of sterile procedure trays. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Resource Mfg. and Level
Resources.
The investigation revealed that workers of Medline
Industries, Inc., who are engaged in activities related to
production of sterile procedure trays, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Medline Industries has
shifted to a foreign country production of articles like or
directly competitive with the sterile procedure trays produced
by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker separations at
the Oldsmar and Clearwater, Florida facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Medline Industries,
Inc., Sterile Procedure Trays Division, including on-site leased
workers from Resource Mfg. and Level Resources, Oldsmar,
Florida (TA-W-74,546) and Clearwater, Florida (TA-W-74,546A),
who are engaged in activities related to production of sterile
procedure trays, 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 Medline Industries, Inc., Sterile Procedure
Trays Division, including on-site leased workers from
Resource Mfg. and Level Resources, Oldsmar, Florida (TA-W-
74,546); and Medline Industries, Inc., Sterile Procedure
Trays Division, including on-site leased workers from
Resource Mfg. and Level Resources, Clearwater, Florida
(TA-W-74,546A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 16, 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 22nd day of October, 2010


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