Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
Federal Register: May 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 86)
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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
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workers (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of April 14 through
April 18, 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.
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Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
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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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The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
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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
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Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
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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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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
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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 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-62,991; The Coe Manufacturing Co., Tigard, OR: March 11, 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 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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-63,022; Super Talent Technology Corporation, Also Known as CCPS.,
Inc. and Malabs, Inc., San Jose, CA: March 1, 2007.
TA-W-63,023; Amilon LLC, South Wallace, NC: March 17, 2007.
TA-W-63,031; G.M. Root, Inc., Lackawanna, NY: March 17, 2007.
TA-W-63,063; Hickory Hill Furniture Corporation, On-Site Leased workers from Accuforce Staffing Services, Valdese, NC: March 17, 2007.
TA-W-63,102; Robinson Manufacturing Company, Clarkrange, TN: March 31, 2007.
TA-W-62,970; Maine Moccasin, Lewiston, ME: March 5, 2007.
TA-W-62,983; Citation Corporation, Grand Rapids Division, Lowell, MI:
February 28, 2007.
TA-W-62,993; Burlington Homes of Maine, Inc., Oxford, ME: March 11, 2007.
TA-W-63,003; Tietex International, LTD, Tietex Interiors Division,
Gibsonville, NC: May 27, 2007.
TA-W-63,106; Cressona Knit Products, Inc., Cressona, PA: March 31, 2007.
TA-W-63,106A; Brady Athletic, Inc., East Brady, PA: March 31, 2007.
TA-W-63,050; Ruma Production, Inc., New York, NY: March 18, 2007.
TA-W-63,052; Chrysler, LLC, St. Louis North Assembly Plant, Fenton, MO:
March 18, 2007.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
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TA-W-63,014; KLA-Tencor, Assembly and Testing Department, Milpitas, CA:
March 13, 2007.
TA-W-63,067; Heatcraft Refrigeration, A Subsidiary of Lennox
International, On-Site Leased workers From Spherion, Danville, IL:
March 25, 2007.
TA-W-63,107; Littelfuse, Inc., Automotive Business Unit, Des Plaines,
IL: March 28, 2007.
TA-W-63,146; Perry Manufacturing Company, Frisco Office, Frisco, TX:
April 4, 2007.
TA-W-63,156; Temic Automotive of North American, Inc., Subsidiary of
Continental Automotive Group, Elma, NY: April 7, 2007.
TA-W-63,173; Parker Seals, A Subsidiary of Parker Hannifin Corp., Seals
Division, Lebanon, TN: January 20, 2008.
TA-W-63,097; Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic Microelectronics Center, Tempe,
AZ: March 27, 2008.
TA-W-62,780; Xantrex Technology, Inc., Arlington, WA: January 30, 2007.
TA-W-63,142; Kimball Electronics, Tampa, Inc., Tampa, FL: April 7, 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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA-W-62,676; Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Formerly Known as Lawter
International, Ink and Adhesives Resins Division, Pleasant Prairie, WI:
January 10, 2007.
TA-W-62,699; River Bend, Inc., Formerly Known as Victor Plastics,
Victor Division, Victor, IA: January 15, 2007.
TA-W-62,699A; River Bend, Inc., Formerly Known as Victor Plastics,
Victor Division, Flora, MS: January 15, 2007.
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) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act have been met.
None.
Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, it has been determined that the requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons specified.
The Department has determined that criterion (1) of Section 246 has not been met. The firm does not have a significant number of workers 50 years of age or older.
None.
The Department has determined that criterion (2) of Section 246 has not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily transferable.
TA-W-62,991; The Coe Manufacturing Co., Tigard, OR.
The Department has determined that criterion (3) of Section 246 has not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are not adverse.
None.
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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.
Because the workers of the firm are not eligible to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A.) (employment decline) have not been met.
TA-W-62,864; Ametek, Inc., Measurement and Calibration Technology
Division, Sellersville, PA.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign country) have not been met.
None.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign country) have not been met.
TA-W-62,799; Cooper Power Systems, Greenwood, SC.
TA-W-63,019; Honeywell Aerospace, Teterboro, NJ.
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-62,938; Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Direct Fulfillment Team, St
Louis, MO.
TA-W-62,938A; Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Direct Fulfillment Team,
Westford, MA.
TA-W-62,938B; Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Direct Fulfillment Team,
Oklahoma City, OK.
TA-W-62,938C; Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Direct Fulfillment Team,
Hunt Valley, MD.
TA-W-62,938D; Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Direct Fulfillment Team,
Sun City West, AZ.
TA-W-63,144; Teletech Holding, Inc., Teletech@Home Division, Englewood,
CO.
The investigation revealed that criteria of Section 222(b)(2) has not been met. The workers' firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier to or a downstream producer for a firm whose workers were certified eligible to apply for TAA.
None.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of April 14 through April 18, 2008. Copies of these determinations are available for inspection in Room C-5311,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210 during normal business hours or will be mailed to persons who write to the above address.
Dated: April 23, 2008.
Erin Fitzgerald,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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