[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10531]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA-2089, 2089A, 2089B]
Newell Company, Acme Frame--a/k/a Intercraft, Harrisburg,
Arkansas; Mundelein, Illinois, Waukegan, Illinois; Amended
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance
In accordance with Section 250(A), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title
II, of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor
issued a Certification for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance on
February 17, 1998, applicable to all workers of Newell Company, Acme
Frame--a/k/a Intercraft, Harrisburg, Arkansas. The notice was published
in the Federal Register on March 16, 1998 (63 FR 12838).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information provided
by the company shows that worker separations will occur at the subject
firms' Mundelein and Waukegan, Illinois locations when they close on
March 31 and April 30, 1998, respectively. Workers at the Mundelein,
Illinois location are engaged in the production of picture frames.
Workers at the Waukegan, Illinois location provide distribution
services for the production facilities of Newell Company, Acme Frame--
a/k/a Intercraft.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to cover
workers at the subject firms' Mundelein and Waukegan, Illinois
locations.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers of Newell Company, Acme Frame--a/k/a Intercraft adversely
affected by imports from Mexico and Canada.
The amended notice applicable to NAFTA-2089 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Newell Company, Acme Frame Division, a/k/a
Intercraft, Harrisburg, Arkansas (NAFTA-2089), Mundelein, Illinois
(NAFTA-2089A) and Waukegan, Illinois (NAFTA-2089B) who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after December
18, 1996 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of April 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-10531 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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