DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,673

STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS
EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND

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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and


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

The investigation was initiated on January 28, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by workers at Stanley Fastening
System, East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The workers produce
staples, staplers, nails and fasteners.
The investigation revealed that criterion (2) has not been
met.
Sales and production at the subject firm increased from 2000
to 2001, and again from January through March 2001 to January
through March 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Stanley Fastening System, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of May, 2002

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