DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,738

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
CHROMATOGRAPHY & MASS SPECTROSCOPY DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACARA SOLUTIONS, INC., ADECCO USA, INC.,
AEROTEK, CHIPTON-ROSS, INC., EXPRESS SERVICES INC.,
AND KELLY SERVICES
BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 April 18, 2019 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Chromatography & Mass
Spectroscopy Division, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (Thermo
Scientific-Chromatography & Mass Spectroscopy Division). Workers
of Thermo Scientific-Chromatography & Mass Spectroscopy Division
are engaged in activities related to the production of liquid
chromatography columns. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Acara Solutions Inc., Adecco USA Inc., Aerotek,
Chipton-Ross, Inc., Express Services Inc., and Kelly Services.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Thermo Scientific-Chromatography
& Mass Spectroscopy Division 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 a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the liquid chromatography
columns produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Thermo Scientific-
Chromatography & Mass Spectroscopy Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermo Scientific-
Chromatography & Mass Spectroscopy Division, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of liquid chromatography
columns, 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.,
Chromatography & Mass Spectroscopy Division, including on-
site leased workers from Acara Solutions Inc., Adecco USA
Inc., Aerotek, Chipton-Ross, Inc., Express Services Inc.,
and Kelly Services, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 17, 2018, 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 April 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance