DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,680

STANLEY BLACK AND DECKER
FORMERLY STANLEY BOSITICH
CDIY DIVISION
EAST GREENWICH, 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:
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 September 29, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Stanley Black and Decker, Formerly Stanley Bostitch,
CDIY Division, East Greenwich, Rhode Island (Stanley Black and
Decker). The workers produce wire, nails, staples, and
pneumatic tools.
The investigation revealed that workers of Stanley Black
and Decker, who are engaged in employment related to
production of wire, nails, staples, and pneumatic tools, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Stanley Black and Decker.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stanley Black and
Decker, Formerly Stanley Bostitch, CDIY Division, East
Greenwich, Rhode Island, who are engaged in employment related
to production of wire, nails, staples, and pneumatic 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 Black and Decker, Formerly Stanley
Bostitch, CDIY Division, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 8, 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 14th day of October, 2010


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