DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,632

SANOFI-AVENTIS, US LLC
INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SANOFI
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
SANOFI-AVENTIS US, INC.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

TA-W-91,632A

PRO-UNLIMITED
WORKING ON-SITE AT SANOFI-AVENTIS, US LLC
INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SANOFI
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
SANOFI-AVENTIS US, INC.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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 28, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
Sanofi-aventis, US LLC, Industrial Affairs Division, a
subsidiary of Sanofi, including workers whose wages were
reported under Sanofi-aventis US, Inc. and on-site leased
workers from Pro-Unlimited, Kansas City, Missouri (herein known
as "Sanofi-aventis, US LLC"). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of pharmaceutical drugs
for patients and consumers.
Workers of Sanofi-aventis, US LLC, Kansas City, Missouri,
were previously certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance benefits, under TA-W-85,271, which
expires on June 27, 2016. The certification did not cover
workers from Pro-Unlimited.
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 an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Sanofi-aventis, US LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sanofi-aventis, US
LLC, Industrial Affairs Division, a subsidiary of Sanofi,
including workers whose wages were reported under Sanofi-aventis
US, Inc. and including on-site leased workers from Pro-Unlimited
and, Kansas City, Missouri, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of pharmaceutical drugs for patients
and consumers 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 Sanofi-aventis, US LLC, Industrial Affairs
Division, a subsidiary of Sanofi, including workers whose
wages were reported under Sanofi-aventis US, Inc., Kansas
City, Missouri, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 28, 2016 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 workers of Pro-Unlimited, working on-site at Sanofi-
Aventis, US LLC, Industrial Affairs Division, a subsidiary
of Sanofi, including workers whose wages were reported
under Sanofi-aventis US, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 25, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance