DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,124

BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
BOAT GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE


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 on November 2, 2012 by a State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers Brunswick Corporation, Boat Group, Knoxville, Tennessee
(Brunswick-Knoxville). Workers were engaged in activities related
to the production of boats (including Sea Ray and Bayliner brands)
and were not separately identifiable by product line. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers of Aerotek.
The petition alleged that “all Bayliner cruisers production
is being moved to Brazil.” A Brunswick Corporation news article
(dated October 9, 2012) attached to the petition stated that “This
. . . reduces the need to maintain the Brunswick Boat Group’s
current cruiser production capacity in the U.S.”
During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the workers’ firm and confirmed that
Brunswick Corporation is maintaining its Bayliner production
facility in Brazil while closing its Knoxville, Tennessee plant.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Brunswick-Knoxville has become
totally or partially separated. The Knoxville, Tennessee facility
permanently closed in December 2012.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because Brunswick
Corporation has shifted to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the boats produced by
the workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Brunswick-Knoxville. Contributed importantly means
a cause that is important but not necessarily more important than
any other cause.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Brunswick Corporation,
Boat Group, Knoxville, Tennessee, 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 Brunswick Corporation, Boat Group, including
on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Knoxville, Tennessee,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after November 1, 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 22nd day of March, 2013

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