[Federal Register: January 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 15)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, (19 U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade
adjustment assistance for workers (TA-W) number and alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the periods
of January 2006.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made and a
certification of eligibility to apply for directly-impacted (primary)
worker adjustment assistance to be issued, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision
have decreased absolutely; and
C. Increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. There has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or
subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or
subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States;
2. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference
Act,
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African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. There has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of
articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are
or were produced by such firm or subdivision.
Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made and a
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance
as an adversely affected secondary group to be issued, each of the
group eligibility requirements of Section 222(b) of the Act must be
met.
(1) Significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers'
firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
(2) The workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream
producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade
adjustment assistance benefits and such supply or production is related
to the article that was the basis for such certification; and
(3) Either--
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied for the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the
workers' firm; or
(B) A loss or business by the workers' firm with the firm (or
subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been issued; the date following
the company name and location of each determination references the
impact date for all workers of such determination.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
(a) (2) (A) (increased imports) of Section 222 have been met.
TA-W-58,327; Hewlett Packard, Ontario, CA, November 10, 2004.
TA-W-58,412; F. Schumacher and Company, Newark Customer Service
Facility, Newark, DE, November 28, 2004.
TA-W-58,526; IPF Management Company, Inc., d/b/a Invincible IPF,
Paterson, NJ, December 20, 2004.
TA-W-58,070; Carrier Access Corporation, Boulder, CO, October 4, 2004.
TA-W-58,326; Reliable Garment, Los Angeles, CA, November 10, 2004.
TA-W-58,401; Accutech Mold and Engineering, Little Falls, MN, November
22, 2004.
TA-W-58,456; WestPoint Home, Inc., Bath Products Div., Ambassador
Personnel, Valley, AL, December 2, 2004.
TA-W-57,987; Sun Chemical, Performance Pigments Division, Cincinnati,
OH, September 12, 2004.
TA-W-58,388; Chuan Hing Sewing, Inc., San Francisco, CA, November 21,
2004.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
(a)(2)(B) (shift in production) of Section 222 have been met.
TA-W-58,396; Leesburg Knit Mill, Knitting Div., Union Underwear Co.,
Inc., Leesburg, AL, November 21, 2004.
TA-W-58,480; LeSportsac, Inc., Stearns, KY, November 30, 2004.
TA-W-58,499; Metaldyne Corporation, LLC, Heartland Industrial Partners,
Edon, OH, December 6, 2005.
TA-W-58,502; Wella Manufacturing of Virginia, USA Staffing, Spherion,
STAT, Aerotek, Will Rogers, Richmond, VA, November 28, 2004.
TA-W-58,295; Pixelworks, Inc., Tualatin, OR, November 4, 2004.
TA-W-58,295A; Pixelworks, Inc., Campbell, CA, November 4, 2004.
The following certification has been issued. The requirement of
supplier to a trade certified firm has been met.
None.
The following certification has been issued. The requirement of
downstream producer to a trade certified firm has been met.
None.
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the
criteria for eligibility have not been met for the reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) (no employment decline) has not been met.
TA-W-58,413; Badger Paper Mills, BPM, Inc., Flexible Packaging Div.,
Oconton Falls, WI.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or
production, or both, did not decline) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) (No shift in
production to a foreign country) have not been met.
None.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) (No shift in production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
TA-W-58,421; Sony Electronics, Direct View CRT, Mt. Pleasant, PA.
TA-W-58,481; Collins and Aikman, Southwest Laminates, Inc. Division, El
Paso, TX.
TA-W-58,274; Saint-Gobain Container, Carteret, NJ.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (Increased
imports and (a)(2)(B)(II.C) (has shifted production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
None.
The workers firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
TA-W-58,487; U.S. Airways, Greentree Reservations, Pittsburgh, PA.
The investigation revealed that criteria (2) has not been met. The
workers firm (or subdivision) is not a supplier or downstream producer
to trade-affected companies.
None.
Affirmative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
The following certifications have been issued; the date following
the company name and location of each determination references the
impact date for all workers of such determinations.
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of Section 246(a)(3)(ii) have been met.
I. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are
50 years of age or older.
II. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that
are not easily transferable.
III. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e.,
conditions within the industry are adverse).
TA-W-58,396; Leesburg Knit Mill, Knitting Div., Union Underwear Co.,
Inc., Leesburg, AL, November 21, 2004.
TA-W-58,480; LeSportsac, Inc., Stearns, KY, November 30, 2004.
TA-W-58,499; Metaldyne Corporation, LLC, Heartland Industrial Partners,
Edon, OH, December 6, 2005.
TA-W-58,502; Wella Manufacturing of Virginia, USA Staffing, Spherion,
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STAT, Aerotek, Will Rogers, Richmond, VA, November 28, 2004.
TA-W-58,388; Chuan Hing Sewing, Inc., San Francisco, CA, November 21,
2004.
TA-W-58,456; WestPoint Home, Inc., Bath Products Div., Ambassador
Personnel, Valley, AL, December 2, 2004.
TA-W-58,327; Hewlett Packard, Ontario, CA, November 10, 2004.
TA-W-58,526; IPF Management Company, Inc., d/b/a Invincible IPF,
Paterson, NJ, December 20, 2004.
Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of Section 246(a)(3)(ii) have not been met for the reasons
specified.
Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the
workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
TA-W-58,487; U.S. Airways, Greentree Reservations, Pittsburgh, PA.
TA-W-58,274; Saint-Gobain Container, Carteret, NJ.
TA-W-58,421; Sony Electronics, Direct View CRT, Mt. Pleasant, PA.
TA-W-58,481; Collins and Aikman, Southwest Laminates, Inc. Division, El
Paso, TX.
The Department as determined that criterion (1) of Section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm are 50 years of age or older.
None.
The Department as determined that criterion (2) of Section 246 has
not been met. Workers at the firm possess skills that are easily
transferable.
TA-W-58,295; Pixelworks, Inc., Tualatin, OR.
TA-W-58,295A; Pixelworks, Inc., Campbell, CA.
TA-W-58,070; Carrier Access Corporation, Boulder, CO.
TA-W-58,401; Accutech Mold and Engineering, Little Falls, MN.
TA-W-57,987; Sun Chemical, Performance Pigments Division, Cincinnati,
OH.
The Department as determined that criterion (3) of Section 246 has
not been met. Competition conditions within the workers' industry are
not adverse.
None.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the month of January 2006. Copies of these determinations are
available for inspection in Room C-5311, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, during normal business
hours or will be mailed to persons who write to the above address.
Dated: January 12, 2006.
Erica R. Cantor,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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