DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,834

CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
APOLLO SECURITY SERVICES
CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS

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 June 21, 2013 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc., Chicopee, Massachusetts
(hereafter referred to as "Callaway Golf Ball Operations" or
"subject firm"). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of golf balls. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Apollo Security Services.
The subject firm was previously certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-80,110
(certification expired on June 24, 2013). The afore-mentioned
certification included on-site leased workers from other agencies;
however, Apollo Security Services was the only agency that was
utilized during the relevant period under the current
investigation (TA-W-82,834).
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 to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Callaway Golf Ball Operations.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Callaway Golf Ball
Operations, Inc., Chicopee, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of golf balls, 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 Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Apollo Security Services, Chicopee,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 25, 2013 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 2nd day of July, 2013


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