DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,451

TEXTRON FASTENING SYSTEMS
GREEVILLE OPERATIONS
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 December 2, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Textron, Greenville Operations, Greenville, Mississippi.
The workers manufacture custom-designed specialty threaded
fasteners.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production declined at the subject firm from November 2004 to
November 2005.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of custom-designed
specialty threaded fasteners in 2003, 2004, and January through
November 2004 and 2005. The surveys revealed an increase in
imports of custom-designed specialty threaded fasteners during the
period under investigation.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.








Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of custom-
designed specialty threaded fasteners produced at Textron
Fastening Systems, Greeville Operations, Greenville, Mississippi
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 who became totally or partially separated from
Textron, Greenville Operations, Greenville, Mississippi
employment on or after November 10, 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, and are also eligible 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 January 2006.

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