DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,688

P.S. STIX, INC.
COSTA MESA, 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 October 27, 2009, by on behalf of workers of P.S. Stix,
Inc., Costa Mesa, California (P.S. Stix). The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of skateboard
decks and are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of P.S. Stix, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
skateboard decks, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at P.S. Stix have been separated during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because P.S. Stix has shifted
to a foreign country the production of articles like or
directly competitive with skateboard decks produced by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at P.S. Stix, Inc., Costa Mesa, California.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of P.S. Stix, Inc.,
Costa Mesa, California, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of skateboard decks, 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 P.S. Stix, Inc., Costa Mesa, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 6, 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 29th day of January, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance