DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,592

AMF BILLIARDS & GAMES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF PENMAC AND
EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
BLAND, MISSOURI

INCLUDING WORKERS OF AMF BILLIARDS & GAMES, INC.
BLAND, MISSOURI
WORKING OUT OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

TA-W-61,592A RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
TA-W-61,592B OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN

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 May 30, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of AMF Billiards & Games, Inc., Bland, Missouri, and an
employee working out of Richmond, Virginia and an employee
working out of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The workers are engaged
employment related to the production of billiard tables and cue
racks.
AMF Billiards & Games, Inc., Bland, Missouri also leased
on-site workers from Penmac, Owensville, Missouri, and Express
Personnel Services, Rolla, Missouri.
The decline in employment at the subject firm is related to
a shift in production of billiard tables and cue racks to China.
Company imports of these articles have increased.
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 do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


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 China of articles that
are like or directly competitive with billiard tables and cue
racks 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 AMF Billiards & Games, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Penmac and Express Personnel
Services, Bland, Missouri (TA-W-61,592); and workers of AMF
Billiards & Games, Inc., Bland, Missouri, working out of
Richmond, Virginia (TA-W-61,592A), and Oconomowoc,
Wisconsin (TA-W-61,592B), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 29, 2006, through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance 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 8th day of June, 2007.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance