DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,190

STANLEY ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGIES
A SUBSIDIARY OF STANLEY BLACK AND DECKER
INCLUDING ON-SITE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
CLEVELAND, OHIO

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 December 30, 2009 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Stanley Assembly Technologies, a subsidiary
of Stanley Black & Decker, Cleveland, Ohio. The workers produce
fastening tools for a variety of industrial applications. The
worker group includes on-site independent contractors.
The investigation revealed that workers of Stanley Assembly
Technologies, who are engaged in employment related to
production of fastening tools, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated or threatened
with separation during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of pneumatic tightening tools by Stanley
Assembly Technologies have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with fastening tools has increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at the
Cleveland, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stanley Assembly
Technologies, a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, Cleveland,
Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to production of
fasteneing 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 Stanley Assembly Technologies, a
subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, including on-site
independent contractors, Cleveland, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 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 20th day of May, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance