DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,385

RUSSELL BRANDS, LLC
SPALDING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM JOHNSON & HILL,
SUMMIT TECHNICAL SERVICES, SIX HANDS MARKETING,
AND REEDS INDUSTRIES
SPRINGFIELD, 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 on May 21, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Russell Brands, LLC, Spalding Division, Springfield,
Massachusetts. The workers supply administrative and support
services for affiliate manufacturing facilities in the U.S.,
such as product development, marketing, customer service, sales,
accounting, etc.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Johnson & Hill, Summit Technical Services, Six Hands Marketing,
and Reeds Industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Russell Brands,
LLC, Spalding Division, Springfield, Massachusetts who are
engaged in employment related to administrative and support
functions meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject firm declined from 2007 to 2008 and from January
through May 2009 when compared to the same time period the
previous year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
shifted the services performed by the workers of the subject
firm to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
administrative and support functions to Thailand and China by
Russell Brands, LLC, Spalding Division, Springfield,
Massachusetts, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Russell Brands, LLC, Spalding Division,
Springfield, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Russell Brands, LLC,
Spalding Division, Springfield, Massachusetts, who are engaged
in employment related to administrative and support functions
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 Russell Brands, LLC, Spalding Division,
including on-site leased workers from Johnson & Hill,
Summit Technical Services, Six Hands Marketing, and Reeds
Industries, Springfield, 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 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 14th day of August, 2009


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