DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,572

HASBRO, INC.
EAST LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-82,572A
LEASED WORKERS FROM RELIABLE TEMPS, VWORKx/TAPFIN PAYROLL,
SILVERMAN MCGOVERN AND SUMMIT TECHNICAL
WORKING ON-SITE AT HASBRO, INC.
EAST LONGMEADOW, 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 19, 2013 by the Retail, Wholesale and Department
Store Union, Local 224 on behalf of workers of Hasbro, Inc.,
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of games and puzzles. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Reliable
Temps, vWorx/Tapfin Payroll, Silverman McGovern and Summit
Technical.
Workers of Hasbro, Inc., East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
were previously certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under petition number TA-W-73,843. That certification
expired on July 7, 2012. The earlier certification did not
include the on-site leased workers from Reliable Temps,
vWorx/Tapfin Payroll, Silverman McGovern and Summit Technical.
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 production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Hasbro, Inc., East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hasbro, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Reliable Temps,
vWorx/Tapfin Payroll, Silverman McGovern and Summit Technical
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of games and puzzles, 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 Hasbro, Inc., East Longmeadow,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 8, 2012, 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 leased workers from Reliable Temps, vWorx/Tapfin
Payroll, Silverman McGovern and Summit Technical working
on-site at Hasbro, Inc., East Longmeadow, Massachusetts,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 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 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 2nd day of May, 2013


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