DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,414

WINDSOR FORESTRY TOOLS, LLC
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BLOUNT, INC.
MILAN, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 4, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Windsor Forestry Tools,
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blount, Inc., Milan, Tennessee.
The petitioning group of workers at the subject facility produced
chain saw guide bars. They are separately identifiable by product
line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of chain saw
guide bars to a country (Canada) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Canada of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Windsor Forestry Tools, LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Blount, Inc., Milan, Tennessee, engaged in the
production of chain saw guide bars, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 20,
2002, 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 in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of April, 2003.



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance