DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,103

SUN MOUNTAIN SPORTS, INC.
PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM LABOR READY
MISSOULA, MONTANA

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 January 14, 2011, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sun Mountain Sports, Inc., Plastic Injection Molding
Division, Missoula, Montana (Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.). The
workers produce plastic injection molded parts for golf bags.
The investigation revealed that the worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Labor Ready.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Sun
Mountain Sports, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
the production of plastic injection molded parts for golf bags
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at the subject firm have been separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with the article produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquistion of
plastic injection molded parts for golf bags from a foreign
country by Sun Mountain Sports, Inc. contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sun Mountain Sports,
Inc., Plastic Injection Molding Division, Missoula, Montana,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
plastic injection molded parts for golf bags 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 Sun Mountain Sports, Inc., Plastic
Injection Molding Division, including on-site leased
workers from Labor Ready Missoula, Montana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 11, 2010, 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 February, 2011.


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