DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,092

HILLERICH & BRADSBY COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANTAGE SERVICES GROUP
LOOMIS, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 March 12, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by workers at Hillerich & Bradsby
Company, a subsidiary of Louisville Slugger, Loomis, California.
The workers produce composite baseball bat components.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Advantage Services Group.
This investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined in March 2007.
The decline in employment at the subject facility is
directly attributable to a shift in production of composite
baseball bat components to China. Composite baseball bat
components produced in China will be imported to the United
States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to
be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive
articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Hillerich & Bradsby Company, a subsidiary
of Louisville Slugger, including on-site leased workers
from Advantage Services Group, Loomis, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 8, 2006 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th of March 2007


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