[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7733]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34,567, et al.]
VF Knitwear, Inc., etc., Hillsville, Virginia; Amended
Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on June
8, 1998, applicable to workers of VF Knitwear, Inc. located in
Hillsville, Virginia. The notice was published in the Federal Register
on July 13, 1998 (63 FR 37590).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The company reports that
worker separations have occurred at the Commerce Plant, Commerce,
Georgia and the Ferrum Plant, Ferrum, Virginia facilities of VF
Knitwear, Inc. All workers will be separated from the Commerce, Georgia
and Ferrum, Virginia locations when they close permanently in June,
1999. The workers are engaged in the production of t-shirts and
fleecewear.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers of VF Knitwear, Inc. adversely affected by increased imports.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to include
workers of VF Knitwear, Inc., Commerce Plant, Commerce, Georgia and
Ferrum Plant, Ferrum, Virginia.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-34,567 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of VF Knitwear, Inc., Hillsville, Virginia (TA-W-
34,567) Commerce Plant, Commerce, Georgia (TA-W-35,567B) and Ferrum
Plant, Ferrum, Virginia) (TA-W-34,567C) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 11, 1997 through
June 8, 2000, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of March 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-7733 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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