DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,006

BALDWIN HARDWARE CORPORATION
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 22, 2005 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Baldwin
Hardware Corporation, Reading, Pennsylvania. The workers
manufacture locks, door and home hardware. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production declined during the period of January through July 2005
when compared to the same time period in 2004.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of locks, door and home hardware during the
relevant period.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion number two has
not been met.
The investigation revealed that the workers in the workers'
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with locks, door and home hardware
produced at Baldwin Hardware Corporation, Reading, Pennsylvania
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Baldwin Hardware Corporation, Reading,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 9, 2004 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
I further determine that all workers of Baldwin Hardware
Corporation, Reading, Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of October 2005.

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