DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,278

FOOTJOY
A BUSINESS UNIT OF ACUSHNET COMPANY
BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed jointly on May 20, 2009 by a company official and the
Brotherhood of Shoe & Allied Craftsmen union on behalf of
workers of Footjoy, a Business Unit of Acushnet Company,
Brockton, Massachusetts (hereinafter referred to as Footjoy).
The workers were engaged in employment related to the production
of golf shoes.
The investigation revealed that the worker group at
Footjoy engaged in employment related to the production of golf
shoes meets the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of workers at Footjoy has been separated or are
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because Footjoy has acquired
from China articles like or directly competitive with golf
shoes produced by the worker group.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition from a
foreign country by Footjoy of articles like or directly
competitive with golf shoes produced by the worker group
contributed importantly to the worker separations at Footjoy.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Footjoy who are
engaged in employment related to the production of golf shoes
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Footjoy, a Business Unit of Acushnet
Company, Brockton, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 19,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of July, 2009


/s/Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance