DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,093

AMES TRUE TEMPER
KANE, PENNSYLVANIA

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
eligibility 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 September 9, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Ames True
Temper, Kane, Pennsylvania. The workers, not separately
identifiable by product line, produced wooden handles used for
garden tools.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did import
wooden handles during the relevant period; however, imports of the
wooden handles were insignificant.
The investigation further revealed that the majority of
production from the subject firm was shifted domestically to the
Ames True Temper facilities in Unadilla, New York, Dexter City,
Ohio, Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Ames
True Temper, Kane, Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of October, 2002.




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