DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,191

SUN MOUNTAIN SPORTS, INC.
GOLF ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LABOR READY
MISSOULA, MONTANA

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 1, 2015 by three workers on behalf of Sun
Mountain Sports, Inc., Golf Assembly Department, including on-
site leased workers from Labor Ready, Missoula, Montana. The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of golf bags, golf carts, golf outwear, and golf accessories. The
worker group is specifically engaged in activities related to the
production of golf bags.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of golf bags by Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the golf
bags by Sun Mountain Sports, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at Sun
Mountain Sports, Inc.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sun Mountain Sports,
Inc., Golf Assembly Department, including on-site leased
workers from Labor Ready, Missoula, Montana, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of golf bags 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 Sun Mountain Sports, Inc., Golf Assembly
Department, including on-site leased workers from Labor
Ready, Missoula, Montana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 1, 2014
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 11th day of February, 2016.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance