DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,393

RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS WASHINGTON DISTRIBUTION CENTER
SAMPLE SEWING DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, MISSOURI

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
and former workers of Rawlings Sporting Goods, Washington
Distribution Center, Washington, Missouri (Rawlings). The
worker group is engaged in employment relating to the production
of sample apparel.
The investigation revealed that the workers at Rawlings who
are engaged in employment related to the production of sample
apparel meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because all workers in the
Sample Sewing Department were separated from employment in the
first quarter of 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the samples produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of sample
production to Costa Rica by Rawlings contributed importantly
to the workers' separation.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers and former workers of
Rawlings Sporting Goods Washington Distribution Center, Sample
Sewing Department, Washington, Missouri, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of sample apparel 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 Rawlings Sporting Goods Washington
Distribution Center, Sample Sewing Department, Washington,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 20, 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 22nd day of June, 2009.

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