DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,020

TURNER & SEYMOUR MANUFACTURING COMPANY
TORRINGTON, 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 October 27, 2011 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Company,
Torrington, Connecticut. The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of upholstery nails,
furniture glides, tacks, and welded and weld-less chains.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and the U.S. International
Trade Commission.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of upholstery nails, furniture glides,
tacks, and welded and weld-less chains by Turner & Seymour
Manufacturing Company have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
U.S. imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Company
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate U.S. imports contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Company.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Turner & Seymour
Manufacturing Company, Torrington, Connecticut, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of upholstery nails,
furniture glides, tacks, and welded and weld-less chains 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 Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Company,
Torrington, Connecticut, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 13, 2010,
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 3rd day of February, 2012.

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