DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,487

STANLEY ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES
FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdi-vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appro-priate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

 The investigation was initiated on December 26, 2000 in
response to a petition filed by International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 170, on behalf of workers
at Stanley Access Technologies, Farmington, Connecticut. The
subject firm is a division of The Stanley Works. The workers
produced automatic doors.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The petitioner alleged that the company is purchasing
foreign parts for assembly of automatic doors in the U.S.
According to a company official, parts for assembly of
automatic doors at the subject firm were purchased from U.S.
suppliers in the past two years. In addition, these purchased
parts have never been manufactured at the subject plant. Also,
the outsourcing of the machining of some parts at the subject
plant in early in 2000 was to contractors in the U.S.
Sales of automatic doors increased in 2000 compared to 1999.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Stanley Access Technologies, Farmington, Connecticut are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of March, 2001


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance