ITW Foils Including On-Site Leased Workers From Central Michigan Staffing, Mt. Pleasant, MI; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 12464-12465 [E8-4442]
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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.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,517]
Berkline/Benchcraft, LLC Including OnSite Workers of Blue Mountain
Trucking Blue Mountain, MS; 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), 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 January 25, 2008,
applicable to workers of Berkline/
BenchCraft, LLC, Blue Mountain,
Mississippi. The notice was published
in the Federal Register on February 7,
2008 (73 FR 7319).
At the request of the State agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in the production
of upholstered furniture (stationary and
motion).
New information shows that worker
separations occurred involving
employees of Blue Mountain Trucking,
Blue Mountain, Mississippi employed
on-site at the Blue Mountain,
Mississippi location of Berkline/
BenchCraft, LLC.
The Blue Mountain Trucking
employees provide trucking support
services for the Mississippi and
Tennessee production plants of the
subject firm.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include all workers of
Blue Mountain Trucking, working onsite at the Blue Mountain, Mississippi
location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed at Berkline/BenCraft, LLC,
Blue Mountain, Mississippi who were
adversely-impacted by increased
company imports of upholstered
furniture.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,517 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Berkline/BenchCraft, LLC,
including on-site workers from Blue
Mountain Trucking, Blue Mountain,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
November 29, 2006, through January 25,
2010, are eligible to apply for adjustment
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Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of
February 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–4441 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,571]
France/A Scott Fetzer Co., Including
On-Site Leased Workers of Personnel
Management, Inc. (PMI), Fairview, TN;
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 February 8, 2008,
applicable to workers of France/A Scott
Fetzer Co., including on-site leased
workers of Personnel Management, Inc.
(PMI), Fairview, Tennessee. The notice
was published in the Federal Register
on February 22, 2008 (73 FR 9835).
At the request of the State agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers were engaged in the production
of transformers and ballasts.
New information shows that there
was a previous certification, TA–W–
55,205, issued on January 26, 2005, for
the workers of the France/A Scott Fetzer
Co., Fairview, Tennessee. That
certification expired January 26, 2007.
To avoid an overlap in worker group
coverage for the workers of the
Fairview, Tennessee location, the
certification is being amended to change
the impact date from December 10, 2006
to January 27, 2007.
Accordingly, the Department is
amending the certification to properly
reflect these matters.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
France/A Scott Fetzer Co. who were
adversely affected by increased
customer imports.
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The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,571 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of France/A Scott Fetzer
Co., including on-site leased workers of
Personnel Management, Inc. (PMI),
Fairview, Tennessee, who became
totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 27,
2007 through February 8, 2010, 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 26th day of
February 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–4443 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,538]
ITW Foils Including On-Site Leased
Workers From Central Michigan
Staffing, Mt. Pleasant, MI; 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 January 14, 2008,
applicable to workers of ITW Foils, Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6212).
At the request of the State agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in the production
of hot stamp foil.
New information shows that leased
workers of Central Michigan Staffing
were employed on-site at the Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan location of ITW
Foils. The Department has determined
that these workers were sufficiently
under the control of the subject firm to
be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers
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of Central Michigan Staffing working
on-site at the Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed at ITW Foils, Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan who were adversely-impacted
by a shift in production of hot stamp
foils to Canada.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,538 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of ITW Foils, including on-site
leased workers from Central Michigan
Staffing, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 4, 2006,
through January 14, 2010, 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 27th day of
February 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–4442 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am]
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Employment and Training
Administration
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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
(TA–W) number issued during the
period of February 19 through February
22, 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;
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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.
(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
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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.
In order for the Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers,
the group eligibility requirements of
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act
must be met.
1. Whether a significant number of
workers in the workers’ firm are 50
years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the
workers’ firm possess skills that are not
easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within
the workers’ industry (i.e., conditions
within the industry are adverse).
Affirmative Determinations for Worker
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 Section
222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the
Trade Act have been met.
None
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of the
Trade Act have been met.
TA–W–62,761; TI Automotive, Plant
#27, Marysville, MI: January 28,
2007
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(b) (supplier to a firm whose workers
are certified eligible to apply for TAA)
of the Trade Act have been met.
None
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(b) (downstream producer for a firm
whose workers are certified eligible to
apply for TAA based on increased
imports from or a shift in production to
Mexico or Canada) of the Trade Act
have been met.
None
Affirmative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been
issued. The date following the company
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-62,538]
ITW Foils Including On-Site Leased Workers From Central Michigan
Staffing, Mt. Pleasant, MI; 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 January 14, 2008, applicable to workers of ITW
Foils, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6212).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged
in the production of hot stamp foil.
New information shows that leased workers of Central Michigan
Staffing were employed on-site at the Mt. Pleasant, Michigan location
of ITW Foils. The Department has determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be considered
leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers
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of Central Michigan Staffing working on-site at the Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers employed at ITW Foils, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan who were
adversely-impacted by a shift in production of hot stamp foils to
Canada.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-62,538 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of ITW Foils, including on-site leased workers from
Central Michigan Staffing, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after December
4, 2006, through January 14, 2010, 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 27th day of February 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-4442 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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