[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12292]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-31,627 and 627A]
Willits Footwear Worldwide, Newville Division, Newville,
Pennsylvania and Halifax, Pennsylvania; 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 Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on January 18, 1996, applicable
to all workers of Willits Footwear Worldwide, Newville Division,
Newville, Pennsylvania. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on February 6, 1996 (61 FR 4486).
At the request of petitioners, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information provided
by the company shows that worker separations have occurred at the
subject firms, Halifax, Pennsylvania location. The workers are engaged
in the production of shoes and provide administrative and support
services for Willits Footwear Worldwide manufacturing facilities.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by increased
imports of shoes. Accordingly, the Department is amending the
certification to cover the workers of Willits Footwear Worldwide,
Halifax, Pennsylvania.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-31,627 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Willits Footwear Worldwide, Newville Division,
Newville, Pennsylvania (TA-W-31,627), and Halifax, Pennsylvania (TA-
W-31,627A) engaged in employment related to the production of shoes
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 1, 1994 are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of May 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-12292 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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