DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,155

MCKINNEY PRODUCTS COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ASSA ABLOY
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 August 28, 2009, on behalf of workers of McKinney
Products Company, a subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY, Scranton,
Pennsylvania (McKinney Products Company). The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of commercial
grade hinges.
The Department issued a certification covering the
petitioning worker group on May 14, 2007 (TA-W-61,300; expired
on May 14, 2009).
The investigation revealed that workers of McKinney
Products Company, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of commercial grade hinges, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have been separated at McKinney Products Company in
January through July 2009 when compared with the corresponding
2008 period.
Criterion II has been met because McKinney Products
Company has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
commercial grade hinges from Taiwan by McKinney Products
Company contributed importantly to worker group separations at
McKinney Products Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of McKinney Products
Company, a subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY, Scranton, Pennsylvania,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
commercial grade hinges, 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 McKinney Products Company, a subsidiary of
ASSA ABLOY, Scranton, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 15,
2009, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 4th day of December, 2009


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