DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,710

KASCO CORPORATION
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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 October 14, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kasco Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia (Kasco). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
band saw blades and grinder knives and plates.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kasco who are
engaged in activities related to band saw blades and grinder
knives and plates meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Kasco have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Kasco to a foreign country in the production of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
Kasco.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of band saw
blades and grinder knives and plates to Mexico by Kasco
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Kasco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kasco Corporation,
Atlanta, Georgia, who are engaged in activities related to band
saw blades and grinder knives and plates 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 Kasco Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 4, 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 22nd day of October, 2010.


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