DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,504

AMERICAN GIRL BRANDS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MATTEL, INC.
MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN

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 August 11, 2010 on behalf of workers of American Girl
Brands, LLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin.
The workers are engaged in the supply of information technology
infrastructure services.
The investigation revealed that workers of American Girl
Brands, LLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin,
who are engaged in employment related to the supply of
information technology infrastructure services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers of American Girl Brands, LLC, a subsidiary
of Mattel, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because American Girl Brands,
LLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin has
shifted the supply of information technology infrastructure
services to foreign countries.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of the
information technology infrastructure services to India,
Romania and Malaysia contributed importantly to worker group
separations at American Girl Brands, LLC, a subsidiary of
Mattel, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Girl Brands,
LLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin, who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of information
technology infrastructure services, 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 American Girl Brands, LLC, a subsidiary of
Mattel, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 6,
2009, 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 1st day of October, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance