[Federal Register: February 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 34)]
[Notices]
[Page 8637]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-55,848]
Crotty Corporation, Quincy, MI; Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter dated December 16, 2004, a petitioner 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 December 1, 2004, based on the finding that the workers of
the subject facility did not supply a component part to a trade
certified firm, because the articles produced by the petitioning worker
group were finished products, and not component parts of articles that
were the basis for certification of the primarily affected firm.
Moreover, imports of automotive sun visors did not contribute
importantly to worker separations at the subject plant, and no shift of
production to a foreign source occurred. The denial notice was
published in the Federal Register on December 22, 2004 (69 FR 76785).
To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied
additional information indicating that although the subject firm had
lost a contract to produce a specific model line of sun visors (GMT-
360) for a major customer to another domestic firm, that firm actually
produces the sun visors in Mexico.
Upon further review and contact with the subject firm and the major
customer, it was revealed that when the original bid survey was
conducted, the major customer did not know that the winning bidder
(another domestic firm) would be producing the sun visors in Mexico.
New information confirms that said sun visors are now being produced in
Mexico and imported to the U.S. for delivery to the customer.
The investigation further revealed that there were declines in
sales, production, and employment at the subject facility during the
relevant period, and the loss of this contract accounted for a
meaningful portion of the subject facility's lost sales and production.
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 subject division 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 Crotty Corporation, Quincy,
Michigan, 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 Crotty Corporation, Quincy, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after October
20, 2003 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 14th day of February 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-689 Filed 2-18-05; 8:45 am]
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