DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,736

AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
UNION CITY PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF GRIFFON CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
UNION CITY, 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 by a company official on May 14, 2013 on behalf of workers
of Ames True Temper, Inc., Union City Plant, a subsidiary of
Griffon Corporation, Union City, Pennsylvania. The worker
group is engaged in activities related to the production of wood
dowels and wheelbarrow handles. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Adecco.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Ames True
Temper, Union City Plant provided component products (handles)
to an affiliated location, Ames True Temper, Lewistown,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-82,474), which was certified on May 21,
2013 based on increased customer imports.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Ames True Temper, Inc.,
Union City Plant 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. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles supplied by Ames True Temper, Inc. 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., Union City Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ames True Temper,
Inc., Union City Plant, a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation,
Union City, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of wood dowels and wheelbarrow handles 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., Union City Plant,
a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Adecco, Union City, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 6, 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 30th day of May, 2013.


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