DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,104

SHADE STRUCTURES, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF PLAYPOWER, INC.
FABRIC SEWING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PRIDESTAFF STAFFING,
PRO STAFF, TSC, JIBE STAFFING, AND STAFF WORKS
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED THROUGH
MIRACLE RECREATION EQUIPMENT COMPANY
DALLAS, TEXAS

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 August 11, 2016 on behalf of workers of Shade
Structures, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PlayPower,
Inc., Fabric Sewing Division, including on-site leased workers
from Pridestaff Staffing, Pro Staff, TSC, Jibe Staffing, and
Staff Works, including workers whose wages were reported
through Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, Dallas, Texas
(herein referred to as "Shade Structures, Inc."). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
fabric structures. The worker group is specifically involved in
the fabric sewing division.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Shade Structures, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Shade Structures,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PlayPower, Inc., Fabric
Sewing Division, including on-site leased workers from
Pridestaff Staffing, Pro Staff, TSC, Jibe Staffing, and Staff
Works, including workers whose wages were reported through
Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, Dallas, Texas, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of fabric
structures, specifically involved in the fabric sewing
division 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 Shade Structures, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of PlayPower, Inc., Fabric Sewing Division,
including on-site leased workers from Pridestaff
Staffing, Pro Staff, TSC, Jibe Staffing, and Staff Works,
including workers whose wages were reported through
Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, Dallas, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 10, 2015 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 3rd day of October 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance