Adjustment assistance: Maidenform Worldwide, Inc.,

[Federal Register: May 5, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 86)]

[Notices]

[Page 24828-24829]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-33,779, Caguas, TA-W-33,779B, Anasco, TA-W-33,779C, Rincon, TA-W- 33,779D, Mayagues, and TA-W-33,779E, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico]

Maidenform, Worldwide, Inc.; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Adjustment Assistance on February 2, 1998, applicable to all workers of Maidenform, Inc., located in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 16, 1998 (63 FR 12831).

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At the request of the petitioners, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The company reports that Maidenform's production facilities in Puerto Rico are known as ``Maidenform Worldwide, Inc.''. Worker separations have occurred at the following Puerto Rico locations: Anasco, Rincon, Mayagues and Juana Diaz. Separations at these locations began in early 1998 and will continue through April 1998. The workers are engaged in employment related to the production of women's intimate apparel.

The intent of the Department's certification is to include all workers of Maidenform Worldwide, Inc. adversely affected by increased imports of women's intimate apparel.

The amended notice applicable to TA-W-33,779 is hereby issued as follows:

All workers of Maindenform Worldwide, Inc., Caguas, Puerto Rico (TA-W-33,779) Anasco, Puerto Rico (TA-W-33,779B), Rincon, Puerto Rico (TA-W-33-779C), Mayagues, Puerto Rico (TA-W-33-779D) and Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico (TA-W-33,779E) engaged in employment related to the production, production control or warehousing of women's intimate apparel who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 21, 1996 through February 2, 2000 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington DC, this 16th day of April 1998. Grant D. Beale, Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98-11900Filed5-4-98; 8:45 am]

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