DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,345

RAIN BIRD CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SELECT STAFFING
AZUSA, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a company official on February 17, 2012 on behalf of
workers of Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, California. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of plastic injection molding. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Select Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted the production of plastic injection molding to a
foreign country, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rain Bird
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing, Azusa, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of plastic injection molding, 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 Rain Bird Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Select Staffing, Azusa, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 16, 2011, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the 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 23rd day of February, 2012.


/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance