DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,024

BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
PORTLAND, OREGON

TA-W-83,024A

BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CARLTON, BLOUNT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
MILWAUKIE, OREGON

Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on September 19, 2013, applicable to
workers of Blount International, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals Portland, Oregon.
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of replacement parts and equipment including saw chain bars,
rims and saw chains. The notice will be published soon in the
Federal Register.
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
Additional information shows that worker separations at the
Milwaukie, Oregon facility are attributable to the same shift in
production that was the basis for certifying workers at the
Portland, Oregon facility.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification
to include workers of the Milwaukie, Oregon location of Blount
International, Carlton, Blount, Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-83,024 and TA-W-
83,024A are hereby issued as follows:
“All workers of Blount International, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Portland, Oregon (TA-W-83,024) and Blount International,
Carlton, Blount, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals, Milwaukie, Oregon (TA-W-
83,024A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 23, 2012, through September 19,
2015, 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 October 2013.
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
_________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,024

BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 August 26, 2013 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Blount International, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals, Portland, Oregon. The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
replacement parts and equipment including saw chain bars, rims
and saw chains.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like or
directly competitive with the replacement parts and equipment
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Blount International, Inc., Portland,
Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Blount International,
Inc., Portland, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of replacement parts and equipment, 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 Blount International, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Portland, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 23, 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 19th day of September, 2013.


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



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