DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,474

AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GRIFFON CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO, EXPRESS
EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS AND SPHERION
LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 February 19, 2013 on behalf of workers of Ames True
Temper, Inc., a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, Lewistown,
Pennsylvania. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of shovels. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Adecco, Express Employment
Professionals and Spherion.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, and the firm's major
customers.
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 shovels by Ames True Temper, Inc., a
subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, Lewistown, Pennsylvania
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles supplied by Ames True Temper, Inc., a subsidiary of
Griffon Corporation, Lewistown, Pennsylvania have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at Ames
True Temper, Inc., a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation,
Lewistown, Pennsylvania. The Department surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding purchases of
shovels during 2011, 2012 and January through February 2013.
The survey revealed increased imports of shovels during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ames True Temper,
Inc., a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, Lewistown,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of shovels 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 Ames True Temper, Inc., a subsidiary of
Griffon Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Adecco, Express Employment Professionals and
Spherion, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
15, 2012, 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 21st day of May, 2013.


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