DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,823

BLOUNT, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
MILWAUKIE, OREGON

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must
have become totally or partially separated or be threatened
with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or supply
of services like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country
by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like
or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must
have contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 1, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Blount, Inc., Milwaukie, Oregon. The workers are engaged in the
production of chainsaw chain, bars, sprockets, and accessories.
Workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Milwaukie,
Oregon facility who are engaged in employment related to the
production of chainsaw chain, bars, sprockets, and accessories
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers has been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted the production of articles like or directly
competitive with chainsaw chain, bars, sprockets, and accessories
to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of production
of chainsaw chain, bars, sprockets, and accessories from the
Milwaukie, Oregon facility to China contributed importantly to
worker group separations at that facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Blount, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Milwaukie, Oregon, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of chainsaw chain, bars, sprockets, and accessories 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 Blount, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals, Milwaukie, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 29, 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 8th day of September, 2009


/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance