DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,945

PFIZER THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH
PFIZER WORLDWIDE REASEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS WARNER LAMBERT COMPANY
COMPARATIVE MEDICINE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES
GROTON, CONNECTICUT

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 September 6, 2012 by the Connecticut State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of Pfizer Therapeutic Research,
Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development Division, formerly known
as Warner Lambert Company, Comparative Medicine Department,
Groton, Connecticut. The workers' firm is engaged in the supply
of pharmaceutical and scientific research services for
pharmaceutical development. The worker group is engaged in the
supply of scientific research support, animal care and husbandry
services. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Charles River Laboratories.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioning state workforce office, the
separated workers and 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 supply of services like or
directly competitive with the scientific research support, animal
care and husbandry services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations in the Pfizer
Therapeutic Research, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development
Division, formerly known as Warner Lambert Company, Comparative
Medicine Department, Groton, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pfizer Therapeutic
Research, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development Division,
formerly known as Warner Lambert Company, Comparative Medicine
Department, Groton, Connecticut, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of scientific research support, animal care
and husbandry 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 Pfizer Therapeutic Research, Pfizer
Worldwide Research & Development Division, formerly known as
Warner Lambert Company, Comparative Medicine Department,
including on-site leased workers from Charles River
Laboratories, Groton, Connecticut, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September 5,
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 25th day of October, 2012.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance