DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,903

SENCO BRANDS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
CINCINNATI, OHIO

TA-W-81,903A

ADECCO
WORKING ON-SITE AT SENCO BRANDS, INC.
CINCINNATI, OHIO

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 17, 2012 on behalf of workers of Senco Brands,
Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of fastening tools, nails
and staples. The subject worker group encompassing a
corporate office, fastener manufacturing, and sales and
distribution locations, also includes on-site leased workers
of Express Employment Professionals and Adecco. Workers at the
subject firm and workers of Express Employment Professionals
were previously certified for trade adjustment assistance
benefits which expired on December 10, 2011.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the fastening tools
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Senco Brands, Inc., Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Senco Brands, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of Express Employment
Professionals and Adecco, Cincinnati, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of fastening tools, nails
and staples 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 Senco Brands, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Express Employment Professionals,
Cincinnati, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 11, 2011
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,
AND


All of Adecco, working on-site at Senco Brands, Inc.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 1, 2011
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 28th day of September, 2012.


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