DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,156

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
EP TECHNOLOGIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-90,156A

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
TARGET THERAPEUTICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA

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 August 27, 2015 by company official on behalf of
workers of Boston Scientific, EP Technologies division, San
Jose, California (TA-W-90,156) and Boston Scientific, Target
Therapeutics division, Fremont, California (TA-W-90,156A)
(herein known as "Boston Scientific" or "worker's firm"). The
workers' firm also encompasses on-site leased workers from
Barrett Business Services. The subject workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of cardiac ablation
catheters (TA-W-90,156) and intravascular ultrasound imaging
catheters and plastic tubing used as a subcomponent for
manufacturing finished catheters (TA-W-90,156A).
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 the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Boston Scientific.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boston Scientific, EP
Technologies division, including on-site leased workers from
Barrett Business Services, San Jose, California, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of cardiac
ablation catheters (TA-W-90,156) and Boston Scientific, Target
Therapeutics division, including on-site leased workers from
Barrett Business Services, Fremont, California, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of intravascular
ultrasound imaging catheters and plastic tubing (TA-W-90,156A)
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 Boston Scientific, EP Technologies
division, including on-site leased workers from Barrett
Business Services, San Jose, California (TA-W-90,156) and
Boston Scientific, Target Therapeutics division,
including on-site leased workers from Barrett Business
Services, Fremont, California (TA-W-90,156A), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 1, 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 13th day of November 2015.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance