[Federal Register: August 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 155)]
[Notices]               
[Page 47259-47260]
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-57,047]

 
Woodbridge Corporation a Division of Woodbridge Holdings, Inc., 
Brodhead, WI; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated July 1, 2005, Unite Here, Local 1871 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 
signed on June 6, 2005, was based on the finding that there were no 
company or customer imports of automotive foam seating and no shift of 
production to a foreign

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source occurred. The denial notice was published in the Federal 
Register on June 28, 2005 (70 FR 37116).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding subject firm's foreign facilities 
which manufacture like or directly competitive products with those 
produced at the subject firm. Upon further contact with the subject 
firm's company official, it was revealed that the subject firm 
significantly increased its import purchases of automotive foam seating 
during the relevant time period.
    In accordance with section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of section 246 of 
the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case 
that the requirements of section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Woodbridge Corporation, a 
division of Woodbridge Holdings, Inc., Brodhead, Wisconsin, contributed 
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or 
partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Woodbridge Corporation, a division of Woodbridge 
Holdings, Inc., Brodhead, Wisconsin who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after April 21, 2004 through two 
years from the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and are eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 5th day of August, 2005.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-4392 Filed 8-11-05; 8:45 am]

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