DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,859

PFIZER - ROUSES POINT
PFIZER GLOBAL SUPPLY
ROUSES POINT, NEW YORK

TA-W-85,859A

LEASED WORKERS FROM ATRIUM
WORKING ON-SITE AT PFIZER - ROUSES POINT
ROUSES POINT, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i) there has been a shift in production by such
workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country of
articles like or directly competitive with articles
which are produced by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
(II) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the
Caribbean Basin Economic Act; or
(III) there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of articles that are
like or directly competitive with articles
which are or were produced by such firm or
subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 2, 2015 by a State Workforce Official on behalf
of workers of Pfizer - Rouses Point, Pfizer Global Supply,
Rouses Point, New York. The workers' firm is engaged in the
development and production of pharmaceuticals. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Atrium.
Workers of Pfizer - Rouses Point, Pfizer Global Supply,
Rouses Point, New York are certified under petition number TA-
W-82,502 that expires on April 25, 2015. That certification
does not cover the on-site leased workers from Atrium.
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 employment
decline is related to the shift in production of pharmaceutical
medicines and products to a foreign country that is party to a
free trade agreement with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied
if the following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a
significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 50 years
of age or older.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because the
workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are not easily
transferrable.
Finally, Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been met because
conditions within the workers' industry are adverse.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pfizer - Rouses
Point, Pfizer Global Supply, including on-site leased workers
from Atrium, Rouses Point, New York, who are engaged in
activities related to production of pharmaceutical medicines and
products, 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 - Rouses Point, Pfizer Global
Supply, Rouses Point, New York, (TA-W-85,859), who become
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 26, 2015 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,
AND


All leased workers from Atrium, working on-site at Pfizer,
Rouses Point, New York (TA-W-85,859A) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
27, 2014, 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 16th day of April 2015.

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