DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,701

PFIZER INC.
SURVEILLANCE TESTING GROUP (PGS) - GROTON
PFIZER GLOBAL SUPPLY (PGS)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MAKRO TECHNOLOGIES INC., AEROTEC, PIONEER DATA SYSTEMS,
MANPOWER INC., SUNRISE SYSTEMS INC., ATRIUM STAFFING, ON
ASSIGNMENT STAFFING SERVICES, AND SC FOSTER
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 May 1, 2013 by the Connecticut State Workforce Office
on behalf of workers of Pfizer Inc., Surveillance Testing Group
(PGS) - Groton, Pfizer Global Supply (PGS), including on-site
leased workers from Makro Technologies Inc., Aerotec, Pioneer
Data Systems, Manpower Inc., Sunrise Systems Inc., Atrium
Staffing, On Assignment Staffing Services, and SC Foster,
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 testing services for quality assurance.
Several other TAA-certified worker groups are covered at
the Eastern Point Road, Gorton, Connecticut facility under the
petition numbers TA-W-80,275, TA-W-81,385, and TA-W-81,945.
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 testing
services supplied by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations in the Pfizer Inc., Surveillance
Testing Group (PGS) - Groton, Groton, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pfizer Inc.,
Surveillance Testing Group (PGS) - Groton, Pfizer Global Supply
(PGS), Groton, Connecticut, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of scientific testing 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 Inc., Surveillance Testing Group
(PGS) - Groton, Pfizer Global Supply (PGS), including on-
site leased workers from Makro Technologies Inc.,
Aerotec, Pioneer Data Systems, Manpower Inc., Sunrise
Systems Inc., Atrium Staffing, On Assignment Staffing
Services, and SC Foster, Groton, Connecticut, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 1, 2012 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 10th day of May, 2013.


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