[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57457-57458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28487]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[NAFTA-1132]
Dale Electronics, Inc., Bradford Electronics, Bradford,
Pennsylvania; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration
On August 14, 1996, the Department issued a Negative Determination
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment
Assistance, applicable to all workers of Dale Electronics, Bradford
Electronics located in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The notice was published
in the Federal Register on September 13, 1996 (61 FR 48505).
By letter of September 27, 1996, the petitioners requested
administrative reconsideration of the Department's findings. The
petitioners presented new evidence that was not considered in the
original determination. Additional new evidence was subsequently
transmitted to the Department by officials of Dale Electronics in
Bradford.
The workers at Dale Electronics produce electronic components. The
initial NAFTA-TAA petition for workers at Dale Electronics was denied
because criteria (3) and (4) of the Group Eligibility Requirements of
Section 250 the Trade Act of 1974, as amended were not met. There was
no shift in production of electronic components from Bradford
Electronics to Mexico or Canada, nor did the subject firm import
electronic components. Layoffs at the Bradford plant were attributable
to the transfer of production to other domestic plants.
New findings on reconsideration show that the company does import
electronic components. Other new findings on reconsideration reveal
that the company is shifting production of electronic components to
Mexico.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports from Mexico and
Canada of articles like or directly competitive with electronic
components contributed importantly to the declines in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at Dale
Electronics, Bradford Electronics, Bradford, Pennsylvania. In
accordance with the provisions of the
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Act, I make the following revised determination:
All workers of Dale Electronics, Inc., Bradford Electronics,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 5, 1995, are eligible to apply for
NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of October 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-28487 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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