Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/07/2000
Filed Date: 06/18/2001
Most Recent Update: 11/26/2001
Determination Date: 11/26/2001
Expiration Date: 11/26/2003
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,473
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on June 18, 2001 and filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Boston Scientific Corporation, Watertown, Massachusetts. The workers produce medical devices such as catheters, balloons and stents.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm began a phase down of operations in the third-quarter 2001 in anticipation of closing the Watertown plant permanently in 2002. The investigation further revealed that sales, production, and employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant period, and company imports have steadily increased during the same period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with the medical devices produced at Boston Scientific Corporation, Watertown, Massachusetts contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Boston Scientific Corporation, Watertown, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 7, 2000, through two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of November, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,473
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on June 18, 2001 and filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Boston Scientific Corporation, Watertown, Massachusetts. The workers produce medical devices such as catheters, balloons and stents.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm began a phase down of operations in the third-quarter 2001 in anticipation of closing the Watertown plant permanently in 2002. The investigation further revealed that sales, production, and employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant period, and company imports have steadily increased during the same period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with the medical devices produced at Boston Scientific Corporation, Watertown, Massachusetts contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Boston Scientific Corporation, Watertown, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 7, 2000, through two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of November, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance