DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,458

EBONITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER BRUNSWICK
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFF EASY
HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY


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 December 9, 2019 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Ebonite International, Inc.,
including workers whose wages are reported under Brunswick,
including on-site leased workers from Staff Easy, Hopkinsville,
Kentucky (Ebonite-Hopkinsville). Ebonite-Hopkinsville was
engaged in the production of bowling balls.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Firm includes an individual proprietorship, partnership,
joint venture, association, corporation . . . together with
any predecessor or successor-in-interest . . . may be
considered a single firm. 29 CFR 90.2
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Ebonite-Hopkinsville 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 bowling balls
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Ebonite-Hopkinsville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ebonite-Hopkinsville,
engaged in the production of bowling 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 Ebonite International, Inc., including
workers whose wages are reported under Brunswick, including
on-site leased workers from Staff Easy, Hopkinsville,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 6, 2018 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 5th day of October 2020.

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