[Federal Register: July 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 135)]
[Notices]
[Page 41846]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-50,350]
Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., Hillsgrove Division,
Warwick, RI; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration
By application of April 21, 2003, a company official requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
issued on March 21, 2003, based on the finding that imports of
electrical wiring devices did not contribute importantly to worker
separations at the subject plant and that there was no shift to a
foreign country. The denial notice was published in the Federal
Register on April 7, 2003 (68 FR 16833).
To support the request for reconsideration, the company official
supplied additional information to supplement that which was gathered
during the initial investigation. Upon further review, it was revealed
that the company shifted production of electrical wiring devices to
Mexico during the relevant period and that this shift contributed
importantly to layoffs at the Warwick plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I
determine that there was a shift in production from the workers' firm
or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with those produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and
there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
``All workers of Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., Hillsgrove
Division, Warwick, Rhode Island who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 16, 2001 through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''
Signed in Washington, DC this 26th day of June 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-17824 Filed 7-14-03; 8:45 am]
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