DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,547

DISSTON COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MASIELLO
SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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 March 11, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Disston Company, South Deerfield, Massachusetts
("Disston Company"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of saw blades. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Masiello.
The subject worker group is covered under an existing
certification (TA-W-80,051) that certification expires on
April 27, 2013.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with saw blades produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Disston Company.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Disston Company,
including on-site leased workers from Masiello, South
Deerfield, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of saw blades, 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 Disston Company, including on-site leased
workers from Masiello, South Deerfield, Massachusetts, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 28, 2013 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 17th day of April, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance