DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,422

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC MILWAUKEE, LLC
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REAGENTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM ADECCO STAFFING AND PRO TECH MECHANICAL
MILWAUKEE, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 16, 2012 by the company official on behalf of the
workers of Thermo Fisher Scientific Milwaukee LLC, Molecular
Biology Reagents Division, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Thermo Fisher
Scientific Milwaukee). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of molecular biology reagents. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Adecco Staffing and Pro
Tech Mechanical.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become totally
or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like or
directly competitive with molecular biology reagents produced by
the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Thermo Fisher Scientific Milwaukee.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Milwaukee, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of molecular biology reagents, 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific Milwaukee LLC,
Molecular Biology Reagents Division, including on-site leased
workers from Adecco Staffing and Pro Tech Mechanical,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 14, 2011, 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 5th day of April, 2012


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