[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5147-5148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1881]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-71,763; TA-W-71,763A; TA-W-71,763B]


Acushnet Company a Subsidiary of Fortune Brands Including On-Site 
Leased Workers From Olsten Staffing Services Fairhaven, MA; Acushnet 
Company a Subsidiary of Fortune Brands Including On-Site Leased Workers 
From Olsten Staffing Services New Bedford, MA; Acushnet Company a 
Subsidiary of Fortune Brands Including On-Site Leased Workers From 
Olsten Staffing Services Dartmouth, MA; Amended 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 issued a 
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance 
on December 3, 2009 applicable to workers of Acushnet Company, a 
subsidiary of Fortune Brands, including on-site leased workers from 
Olsten Staffing Services, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The notice will 
soon be published in the Federal Register.
    At the request of the State agency and company official, the 
Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. 
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production of golf 
balls.
    New findings show that the Dartmouth, Massachusetts and New 
Bedford, Massachusetts locations of Acushnet Company also experienced 
an employment decline during the relevant period. Workers at the 
Dartmouth, Massachusetts and New Bedford,

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Massachusetts facilities, including on-site leased workers from Olsten 
Staffing Services, were engaged in activities related to the production 
of golf balls in direct support of and sufficiently under the control 
of the Fairhaven, Massachusetts facility of the subject firm.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
include workers of the Dartmouth, Massachusetts and New Bedford, 
Massachusetts locations of Acushnet Company as well as leased workers 
of Olsten Staffing Services working on-site at these locations.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of the Acushnet Company who were adversely affected by the 
shift in production of golf balls.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,763 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Acushnet Company, a subsidiary of Fortune Brands, 
Fairhaven, Massachusetts, including on-site leased workers from 
Olsten Staffing Services, (TA-W-71,763), Acushnet Company, a 
subsidiary of Fortune Brands, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, including 
on-site leased workers from Olsten Staffing Services, (TA-W-71-763A) 
and Acushnet Company, a subsidiary of Fortune Brands, New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, including on-site leased workers from Olsten Staffing 
Services, (TA-W-71,763B), who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after July 21, 2008, through December 3, 2011, 
and all workers in the group threatened with total or partial 
separation from employment on 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, DC, this 13th day of January 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-1881 Filed 1-29-10; 8:45 am]
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