DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,993

STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS, L.P.
a.k.a. STANLEY-BOSTITCH
A DIVISION OF STANLEY WORKS, INC.
CLINTON, CONNECTICUT

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 5, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by Connecticut State Rapid Response
Unit on behalf of workers of Stanley Fastening Systems, L.P.,
a.k.a. Stanley-Bostitch, a division of Stanley Works, Inc.,
Clinton, Connecticut. The workers produce drawn and galvanized
wire. The workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The workers of the firm were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under TA-W-59,950, which expired September
14, 2008.
Employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant
period.
The investigation revealed that Stanley Fastening Systems,
L.P., a.k.a. Stanley-Bostitch, a division of Stanley Works, Inc.,
Clinton, Connecticut supplies component parts for pneumatic
tools, staples and nails, and at least 20 percent of its
production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, 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 workers of Stanley Fastening
Systems, L.P., a.k.a. Stanley-Bostitch, a division of Stanley
Works, Inc., Clinton, Connecticut qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Stanley Fastening Systems, L.P., a.k.a.
Stanley-Bostitch, a division of Stanley Works, Inc., Clinton,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 15, 2008, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 28th day of October 2008

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance