DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL


TA-W-82,801

BALDWIN HARDWARE CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SPECTRUM BRANDS
HARDWARE HOME IMPROVEMENT DIVISION
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE PAID UNDER
STANLEY BLACK AND DECKER AND KWIKSET CORPORATION
AND ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
READING, 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;

(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 June 12, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Baldwin Hardware Corporation, a subsidiary of
Spectrum Brands, Hardware Home Improvement Division, including
workers whose wages are paid under Stanley Black and Decker
and Kwikset Corporation, Reading, Pennsylvania (hereafter
collectively referred to as "Baldwin"). The worker group also
includes on-site leased workers from Adecco Employment Services.
The subject firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of decorative hardware. The workers of Baldwin,
including on-site leased workers from Gage Personnel, Adecco,
Mack Employment, and John Galt Staffing, are covered under a
certification (TA-W-80,317), which expires on August 10, 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 at Baldwin 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 an
article like or directly competitive with the decorative
hardware produced by the workers, which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Baldwin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baldwin Hardware
Corporation, a subsidiary of Spectrum Brands, Hardware Home
Improvement Division, including workers whose wages are paid
under Stanley Black and Decker and Kwikset Corporation, and
on-site leased workers from Adecco Employment Services,
Reading, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of decorative hardware, 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 Baldwin Hardware Corporation, a subsidiary
of Spectrum Brands, Hardware Home Improvement Division,
including workers whose wages are paid under Stanley
Black and Decker and Kwikset Corporation, and on-site
leased workers from Adecco Employment Services, Reading,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 11, 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 5th day of July, 2013

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