DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,892

EASTERN SCREW CO., INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLESCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND

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 June 3, 2009 on behalf of workers of Eastern Screw
Co., Inc., a subsidiary of Allesco Industries, Inc., Johnston,
Rhode Island (Eastern Screw Co.). The workers produce
stainless steel screws and fasteners.
The investigation revealed that workers of Eastern Screw
Co. who are engaged in activities related to the production of
stainless steel screws and fasteners meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers were separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of stainless steel screws and fasteners by
Eastern Screw Co. have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with stainless steel
screws and fasteners have increased during the relevant period.
That is, the firm increased their reliance on imported screws
and fasteners during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
an increased reliance on imported articles like or directly
competitive with stainless steel screws and fasteners by Eastern
Screw Co. contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eastern Screw Co.,
Inc., a subsidiary of Allesco Industries, Inc., Johnston,
Rhode Island, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of stainless steel screws and fasteners 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 American Eastern Screw Co., Inc., a
subsidiary of Allesco Industries, Inc., Johnston, Rhode
Island, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 1, 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 22nd day of October, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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