DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,379

THE STANLEY WORKS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TAC WORLDWIDE
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009, by the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of The Stanley Works, New Britain, Connecticut (The
Stanley Works). The workers produce hand tools, and are not
separately identifiable by product line. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from TAC Worldwide.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Stanley
Works, who are engaged in employment related to hand tools, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers at The Stanley Works were
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hand tools by The Stanley Works have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because, during the
relevant period, imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the hand tools produced by The Stanley Works
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with hand tools produced by The Stanley Works contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at The Stanley Works, New Britain,
Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Stanley Works,
New Britain, Connecticut, who are engaged in employment related
to hand tools, meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of The Stanley Works, including on-site leased
workers from TAC Worldwide, New Britain, Connecticut, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 20, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 7th day of December, 2009

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance