[Federal Register: January 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 16)]
[Notices]
[Page 3737-3738]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-55,996]
Union Wadding Company; Pawtucket, RI; Notice of Revised
Determination of Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
By letter dated December 29, 2004, a company official, requested
administrative reconsideration regarding Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA). The certification for Trade Adjustment Assistance
was signed on December 16, 2004. The Notice of determination will soon
be published in the Federal Register.
The initial investigation determined that subject worker group
possess skills that are easily transferable.
The petitioner provided new information to show that the workers
possess skills that are not easily transferable.
At least five percent of the workforce at the subject firm is at
least fifty years of age. Competitive conditions within the industry
are adverse.
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Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject
firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
``All workers of Union Wadding Company, Pawtucket, Rhode Island,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 9, 2003 through December 16, 2006, 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 in Washington, DC, this 12th day of January 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-273 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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