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TAW-74677  /  Hospira, Incorporated (Pleasant Prairie, WI)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 08/30/2009
Filed Date: 09/29/2010
Most Recent Update: 10/22/2010
Determination Date: 10/22/2010
Expiration Date: 10/22/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,677

HOSPIRA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN

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 September 29, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hospira, Inc., Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The
workers manufacture medical electronic devices and specialty
injectables, and supply related corporate services. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Kelly Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hospira, Inc.
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
and the supply of services like or directly competitive with
the articles produced and services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production and services by Hospira, Inc. contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Pleasant
Prairie, Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hospira, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of Kelly Services, Pleasant
Prairie, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to
production of electronic medical devices and specialty
injectables, and related support services, 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 of Kelly Services, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 30, 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, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance