2013-15744. Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Act”) and are identified in the Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, the Director of the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to Section 221(a) of the Act.

The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Title II, Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as appropriate, to the determination of the date on which total or partial separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the firm involved.

The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public hearing, provided such request is filed in writing with the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than July 12, 2013.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than July 12, 2013.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5428, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC this 19th day of June 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[20 TAA petitions instituted between 6/10/13 and 6/14/13]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of institution	Date of petition
82794	Hasbro Inc. (Workers)	Pawtucket, RI	06/10/13	06/07/13
82795	Thermo Fisher Scientific (Company)	Sun Prairie, WI	06/10/13	06/07/13
82796	Harbor Paper (State/One-Stop)	Hoquiam, WA	06/10/13	06/07/13
82797	Simpson's John's Prairie Operations (State/One-Stop)	Shelton, WA	06/10/13	06/07/13
82798	Kingston Technology (Company)	Fountain Valley, CA	06/11/13	06/10/13
82799	General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (Workers)	Saco, ME	06/11/13	06/10/13
82800	Osram Sylvania Inc. (Company)	Winchester, KY	06/11/13	06/10/13
82801	Baldwin Hardware Corporation (Company)	Reading, PA	06/12/13	06/11/13
82802	Hammary Furniture (Workers)	Granite Falls, NC	06/12/13	06/10/13
82803	Cadmus Communication (Workers)	Lancaster, PA	06/12/13	06/12/13
82804	LTX-Credence Corporation (Workers)	Milpitas, CA	06/12/13	06/11/13
82805	Citigroup Realty Services/Finance, Financial Services—Planning and Analysis (State/One-Stop)	New York, NY	06/12/13	06/11/13
82806	Utica National Insurance, Corporate Claims Support Unit (State/One-Stop)	New Hartford, NY	06/12/13	06/11/13
82807	GM Powertrain (Union)	Saginaw, MI	06/13/13	06/12/13
82808	American Express (Workers)	Phoenix, AZ	06/13/13	06/12/13
82809	Verizon Enterprise Solutions (State/One-Stop)	Alpharetta, GA	06/13/13	06/12/13
82810	Direct Brands, Inc. (Company)	New York, NY	06/13/13	06/12/13
82811	Computer Sciences Corporation (Workers)	Coppell, TX	06/13/13	06/12/13
82812	Seco Tools Inc. (Company)	Lenoir City, TN	06/13/13	06/12/13
82813	Sony Pictures Imageworks (State/One-Stop)	Culver City, CA	06/14/13	06/13/13