DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,900

ACUSHNET COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MARQUEE STAFFING
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA

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 June 3, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Acushnet Company, Carlsbad, California. The workers produce
golf clubs.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Marquee Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Carlsbad
plant, who were engaged in employment related to the
production of golf clubs, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers has been separated in the last year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has acquired from China articles like or directly competitive
with the golf clubs produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
golf clubs from China by Acushnet Company contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Carlsbad Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Acushnet Company,
Carlsbad, California, who are engaged in employment related to
golf club production, 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 Acushnet Company, including on-site leased
workers from Marquee Staffing, Carlsbad, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 1, 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 10th day of November, 2009


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