DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,404

DUNLOP SLAZENGER MANUFACTURING LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF DUNLOP SPORTS GROUP AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF
RANSTAD
WESTMINSTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 27, 2005 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Dunlop
Slazenger Manufacturing LLC, a subsidiary of Dunlop Sports Group
America, Inc., Westminster, South Carolina. The workers at the
subject facility produce golf balls.
The investigation revealed that Dunlop Slazenger Manufacturing
LLC leased production workers from Ranstad.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of golf balls
to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement
with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Dunlop Slazenger Manufacturing LLC, including
on-site leased workers of Ranstad, a subsidiary of Dunlop
Sports Group America, Inc., Westminster, South Carolina who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 15, 2004 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 1st day of March, 2005.

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