Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 20917-20918 [2014-08291]
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85,111, WIndstream Corporation,
Dalton, Georgia.
85,131, Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy
Systems, Inc. Texas.
Determinations Terminating
Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was
published in the Federal Register and
on the Department’s Web site, as
required by Section 221 of the Act (19
USC 2271), the Department initiated
investigations of these petitions.
None.
I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of March 24,
2014 through March 28, 2014. These
determinations are available on the
Department’s Web site tradeact/taa/taa_
search_form.cfm under the searchable
listing of determinations or by calling
the Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance toll free at 888–365–6822.
Signed at Washington DC, this 3rd day of
April 2014.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
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 by (TA–W) number issued
during the period of March 24, 2014
through March 28, 2014.
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. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the
following must be satisfied:
(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;
(2) the sales or production, or both, of
such firm have decreased absolutely;
and
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(3) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) imports of articles or services like
or directly competitive with articles
produced or services supplied by such
firm have increased;
(B) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one
or more component parts produced by
such firm are directly incorporated,
have increased;
(C) imports of articles directly
incorporating one or more component
parts produced outside the United
States that are like or directly
competitive with imports of articles
incorporating one or more component
parts produced by such firm have
increased;
(D) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are
produced directly using services
supplied by such firm, have increased;
and
(4) the increase in imports contributed
importantly to such workers’ separation
or threat of separation and to the decline
in the sales or production of such firm;
or
II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the
following must be satisfied:
(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;
(2) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) there has been a shift by the
workers’ firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles or supply of
services like or directly competitive
with those produced/supplied by the
workers’ firm;
(B) there has been an acquisition from
a foreign country by the workers’ firm
of articles/services that are like or
directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers’ firm;
and
(3) the shift/acquisition contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation
or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in public agencies 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) a significant number or proportion
of the workers in the public agency have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) the public agency has acquired
from a foreign country services like or
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directly competitive with services
which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) the acquisition of services
contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected secondary 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(c) of the Act must be met.
(1) a significant number or proportion
of the workers in the workers’ firm have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) the workers’ firm is a Supplier or
Downstream Producer to a firm that
employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, and
such supply or production is related to
the article or service that was the basis
for such certification; and
(3) either—
(A) the workers’ firm is a supplier and
the component parts it supplied to the
firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers’ firm;
or
(B) a loss of businessby the workers’
firm with the firm described in
paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers’ separation or threat of
separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in firms identified by
the International Trade Commission and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section 222(f)
of the Act must be met.
(1) the workers’ firm is publicly
identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in—
(A) an affirmative determination of
serious injury or threat thereof under
section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of
market disruption or threat thereof
under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination
of material injury or threat thereof under
section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1year period beginning on the date on
which—
(A) a summary of the report submitted
to the President by the International
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Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal
Register under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative
determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the
Federal Register; and
(3) the workers have become totally or
partially separated from the workers’
firm within—
(A) the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2); or
(B) not withstanding section 223(b)(1),
the 1- year period preceding the 1-year
period described in paragraph (2).
Negative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the
investigation revealed that the eligibility
criteria for worker adjustment assistance
TA–W number
Subject firm
82,995 ............
King Brothers Woodworking, Inc., King Brothers Wood, LLC ..................
I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of March 24,
2014 through March 28, 2014. These
determinations are available on the
Department’s Web site tradeact/taa/taa_
search_form.cfm under the searchable
listing of determinations or by calling
the Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance toll free at 888–365–6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of
April 2014.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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Employment and Training
Administration
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Johnson Controls, Inc., Building
Efficiency Division, Large Tonnage
Water Chiller Assembly and
Fabrication Including Workers Paid
Through York International and
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From VIP Personnel Services San
Antonio, Texas; 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, as amended (‘‘Act’’),
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on February 28, 2014,
applicable to workers of Johnson
Controls, Inc., Building Efficiency
Division, Large Tonnage and Water
Chiller Assembly and Fabrication,
including on-site leased workers from
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have not been met for the reasons
specified.
The investigation revealed that the
criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A)
(increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift
in production or services to a foreign
country) of section 222 have not been
met.
Location
Union Gap, WA.
VIP Personnel Services, San Antonio,
Texas. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of
large tonnage water chillers. The notice
was published in the Federal Register
on March 14, 2014 (79 FR 14540).
At the request of a state workforce
official, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm. New information from the
company shows that workers were paid
through York International, a subsidiary
of Johnson Controls, Inc.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
the subject firm who were adversely
affected by a shift in production to a
foreign country that is party to a free
trade agreement and who were paid
through York International.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–85,000 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Building Efficiency Division, Large Tonnage
and Water Chiller Assembly and Fabrication,
including workers paid through York
International and including on-site leased
workers from VIP Personnel Services, San
Antonio, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after January 2, 2013, through February 28,
2016 are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and are also
eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of
April 2014.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Investigations Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance
Petitions have been filed with the
Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and
are identified in the Appendix to this
notice. Upon receipt of these petitions,
the Director of the Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance, Employment
and Training Administration, has
instituted investigations pursuant to
Section 221(a) of the Act.
The purpose of each of the
investigations is to determine whether
the workers are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Title II,
Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations
will further relate, as appropriate, to the
determination of the date on which total
or partial separations began or
threatened to begin and the subdivision
of the firm involved.
The petitioners or any other persons
showing a substantial interest in the
subject matter of the investigations may
request a public hearing, provided such
request is filed in writing with the
Director, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance, at the address shown below,
not later than April 24, 2014.
Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments regarding the
subject matter of the investigations to
the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance, at the address shown below,
not later than April 24, 2014.
The petitions filed in this case are
available for inspection at the Office of
the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–5428, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker 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 by (TA-W) number issued during the period of
March 24, 2014 through March 28, 2014.
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. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:
(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;
(2) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased
absolutely; and
(3) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) imports of articles or services like or directly competitive
with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have
increased;
(B) imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles
into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are
directly incorporated, have increased;
(C) imports of articles directly incorporating one or more
component parts produced outside the United States that are like or
directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more
component parts produced by such firm have increased;
(D) imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles
which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have
increased; and
(4) the increase in imports contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the
sales or production of such firm; or
II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:
(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;
(2) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign
country in the production of articles or supply of services like or
directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm;
(B) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the
workers' firm of articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; and
(3) the shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in public agencies 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) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the public
agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;
(2) the public agency has acquired from a foreign country services
like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such
agency; and
(3) the acquisition of services contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely
affected secondary 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(c) of the Act must
be met.
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a
firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or
production is related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and
(3) either--
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least
20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of businessby the workers' firm with the firm described
in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade
Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply
for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility
requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or threat
thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or threat
thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material injury or threat
thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the
date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President by the
International
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Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in
the Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and
(3) the workers have become totally or partially separated from the
workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) not withstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1- year period
preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the
eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met
for the reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs
(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or
services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.
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TA-W number Subject firm Location Impact date
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82,995................ King Brothers Woodworking, Inc., Union Gap, WA......
King Brothers Wood, LLC.
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I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of March 24, 2014 through March 28, 2014. These
determinations are available on the Department's Web site tradeact/taa/
taa--search--form.cfm under the searchable listing of determinations or
by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-
365-6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of April 2014.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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