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TAW-74287  /  National Sales Company (Sterling, IL)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/21/2009
Filed Date: 06/24/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/28/2010
Determination Date: 07/28/2010
Expiration Date: 07/28/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,287

NATIONAL SALES COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF STANLEY BLACK AND DECKER
(DBA STANLEY NATIONAL HARDWARE)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF LUMEA STAFFING
STERLING, ILLINOIS

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 24, 2010 by a company official of National Sales
Company, a subsidiary of Stanley Black and Decker, Sterling.
Illinois. The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of builder hardware. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers of Lumea Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant percentage
of workers at the subject firm have been separated during the
relevant period under investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
is in the process of shifting production of builder hardware
to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by the subject firm to China and Mexico contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the subject firm.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of National Sales
Company, a subsidiary of Stanley Black and Decker, including on-
site leased workers of Lumea Staffing, Sterling, Illinois, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of builder
hardware, 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 National Sales Company, a subsidiary of
Stanley Black and Decker, including on-site leased workers
of Lumea Staffing, Sterling, Illinois, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 21,
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 28th day of July, 2010.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance