Molex, Inc., New England Operations, Gilford, NH; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 19208 [E6-5517]
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 71 / Thursday, April 13, 2006 / Notices
Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
March, 2006.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6–5516 Filed 4–12–06; 8:45 am]
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of
March 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6–5517 Filed 4–12–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–56,802]
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
Molex, Inc., New England Operations,
Gilford, NH; Amended Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance
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In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the
Department of Labor issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance on April
14, 2005, applicable to workers of
Molex, Inc., New England Operations,
Gilford, New Hampshire. The workers
are engaged in the production of
electrical connectors.
New information provided by the
petitioners show their intention was to
apply for all available Trade Act
benefits at the time of the filing.
Therefore, the Department has made a
decision to investigate further to
determine if the workers are eligible to
apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
Information obtained from the
company states that a significant
number of workers of the subject firm
are age 50 or over, workers have skills
that are not easily transferable, and
conditions in the industry are adverse.
Review of this information shows that
all eligibility criteria under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C.
2813), as amended have been met for
workers at the subject firm.
Accordingly, the Department is
amending the certification to reflect its
finding.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–56,802 is hereby issued as
follows:
’’All workers of Molex, Inc., New England
Operations, Gilford, New Hampshire, who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 23, 2004
through April 14, 2007, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible
to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance under Section 246 of the Trade
Act of 1974.’’
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In accordance with section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, (19
U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor
herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to
apply for trade adjustment assistance for
workers (TA–W) number and alternative
trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by
(TA–W) number issued during the
periods of March 2006.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made and a
certification of eligibility to apply for
directly-impacted (primary) worker
adjustment assistance to be issued, each
of the group eligibility requirements of
section 222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following
must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. The sales or production, or both, of
such firm or subdivision have decreased
absolutely; and
C. Increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles
produced by such firm or subdivision
have contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision;
or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the
following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. There has been a shift in
production by such workers’ firm or
subdivision to a foreign county of
articles like or directly competitive with
articles which are produced by such
firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be
satisfied:
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1. The country to which the workers’
firm has shifted production of the
articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. The country to which the workers’
firm has shifted production of the
articles to a beneficiary country under
the Andean Trade Preference Act,
African Growth and Opportunity Act, or
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
3. There has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of articles that are
like or directly competitive with articles
which are or were produced by such
firm or subdivision.
Also, in order for an affirmative
determination to be made and a
certification of eligibility to apply for
worker adjustment assistance as an
adversely affected secondary group to be
issued, each of the group eligibility
requirements of section 222(b) of the
Act must be met.
(1) Significant number or proportion
of the workers in the workers’ firm or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) The workers’ firm (or subdivision)
is a supplier or downstream producer to
a firm (or subdivision) that employed a
group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility to apply for
trade adjustment assistance benefits and
such supply or production is related to
the article that was the basis for such
certification; and
(3) Either—
(A) The workers’ firm is a supplier
and the component parts it supplied for
the firm (or subdivision) described in
paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of the
workers’ firm; or
(B) A loss or business by the workers’
firm with the firm (or subdivision)
described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation
or threat of separation.
Affirmative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been
issued; the date following the company
name and location of each
determination references the impact
date for all workers of such
determination.
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of (a)(2)(A)
(increased imports) of section 222 have
been met, and section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of
the Trade Act have been met.
A–W–58,726; Nelson Acquisition, LLC,
Logansport, IN: January 26, 2005.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-56,802]
Molex, Inc., New England Operations, Gilford, NH; Amended
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on April 14, 2005, applicable to
workers of Molex, Inc., New England Operations, Gilford, New Hampshire.
The workers are engaged in the production of electrical connectors.
New information provided by the petitioners show their intention
was to apply for all available Trade Act benefits at the time of the
filing. Therefore, the Department has made a decision to investigate
further to determine if the workers are eligible to apply for
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Information obtained from the company states that a significant
number of workers of the subject firm are age 50 or over, workers have
skills that are not easily transferable, and conditions in the industry
are adverse.
Review of this information shows that all eligibility criteria
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as amended
have been met for workers at the subject firm.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to
reflect its finding.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-56,802 is hereby issued as
follows:
''All workers of Molex, Inc., New England Operations, Gilford,
New Hampshire, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 23, 2004 through April 14, 2007, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible to apply for Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.''
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of March 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-5517 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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