Thomasville Furniture Industries Corporate Office Including On-Site Workers of Furniture Brands International, Thomasville, NC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 2942 [E8-587]
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The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
Shogren Hosiery Manufacturing Co.,
Inc., Concord, North Carolina who were
adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–60,252 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Shogren Hosiery
Manufacturing Co., Inc., including leased
workers of Corestaff, Concord, North Carolina
(TA–W–60,252), including employees of
Shogren Hosiery Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
Concord, North Carolina located in Plant,
Texas (TA–W–60,252A), Freehold, New
Jersey (TA–W–60,252B), Hope Sound,
Florida (TA–W–60,252C), Boca Raton,
Florida (TA–W–60,252D) and Bentonville,
Arkansas (TA–W–60,252E), Staten Island,
New York (TA–W–60,252F), and New York,
New York (TA–W–60,252G), who became
totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 17, 2005,
through November 16, 2008, 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 4th day of
January 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–588 Filed 1–15–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
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Thomasville Furniture Industries
Corporate Office Including On-Site
Workers of Furniture Brands
International, Thomasville, NC;
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), and
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26
U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the
Department of Labor issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance on December 29, 2005,
applicable to workers of Thomasville
Furniture Industries, Corporate Office,
Thomasville, North Carolina. The notice
was published in the Federal Register
on January 17, 2006 (71 FR 2568).
At the request of a company official,
the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
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firm. The workers provide a variety of
support services, including benefits
administration, translation, accounting,
supply chain management and payroll.
New information shows that workers
of Furniture Brands International,
parent company of the subject firm,
were employed on-site at the Corporate
Office, Thomasville, North Carolina
location of Thomasville Furniture
Industries. These workers provided
various design functions supporting the
subject firm.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include workers of
Furniture Brands International working
on-site at the Corporate Office,
Thomasville, North Carolina location of
the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed at Thomasville Furniture
Industries, Corporate Office,
Thomasville, North Carolina who were
adversely affected by an increase in
imports following a shift in production
to China.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–58,363 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Thomasville Furniture
Industries, Corporate Office, including onsite workers of Furniture Brands
International, Thomasville, North Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 11, 2005,
through December 29, 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 4th day of
January 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–587 Filed 1–15–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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
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(TA–W) number issued during the
period of December 17, 2007 through
January 4, 2008.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, 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 country 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:
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 for
secondarily affected workers of a firm
and a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(b) of the Act must be met.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-58,363]
Thomasville Furniture Industries Corporate Office Including On-
Site Workers of Furniture Brands International, Thomasville, NC;
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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance on December 29, 2005, applicable to workers of
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Corporate Office, Thomasville, North
Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal Register on January
17, 2006 (71 FR 2568).
At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers provide a
variety of support services, including benefits administration,
translation, accounting, supply chain management and payroll.
New information shows that workers of Furniture Brands
International, parent company of the subject firm, were employed on-
site at the Corporate Office, Thomasville, North Carolina location of
Thomasville Furniture Industries. These workers provided various design
functions supporting the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers of Furniture Brands International
working on-site at the Corporate Office, Thomasville, North Carolina
location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers employed at Thomasville Furniture Industries, Corporate Office,
Thomasville, North Carolina who were adversely affected by an increase
in imports following a shift in production to China.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-58,363 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Thomasville Furniture Industries, Corporate
Office, including on-site workers of Furniture Brands International,
Thomasville, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 11, 2005, through
December 29, 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 4th day of January 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-587 Filed 1-15-08; 8:45 am]
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