DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,935

PRATT-READ CORPORATION
SHELTON, 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 April 16, 2010, by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Pratt-Read Corporation, Shelton,
Connecticut. The workers at the subject firm produce
screwdrivers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Pratt-Read
Corporation, Shelton, Connecticut, who are engaged in activities
related to production of screwdrivers, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers were separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of screwdrivers by Pratt-Read Corporation
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
screwdrivers produced by Pratt-Read Corporation have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports of screwdrivers contributed
importantly to the worker group separations at Pratt-Read
Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pratt-Read
Corporation, Shelton, Connecticut, who are engaged in
activities related to production of screwdrivers, 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 Pratt-Read Corporation, Shelton,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 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 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 15th day of October, 2010



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