[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20600]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[NAFTA-00838]
Winona Knitting Mills, Inc., Berwick Knitwear, Berwick,
Pennsylvania; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title
II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), the
Department of Labor issued a Revised Determination on Reconsideration
concerning eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment
Assistance on May 8, 1996, applicable to all workers of Winona Knitting
Mills, Berwick Knitwear, Formerly Komar & Sons Berwick Knitwear,
located in Berwick, Pennsylvania. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on May 24, 1996 (FR 61 26224).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. New findings show that
the Department set the incorrect impact date for the worker
certification. Other findings show that all workers of Komar & Sons
were separated from employment on March 2, 1995, when the company
closed its Berwick, Pennsylvania production facility. Those workers did
not file a TAA petition, and should not be included in this worker
group certification. Winona Knitting Mills purchased the Berwick
production facility from Komar & Sons on March 3, 1995, and on March 6,
1995 reopened the plant and hired some of the former Komar & Sons
employees. Accordingly, the Department is amending the worker
certification to exclude workers who were separated from Komar & Sons,
and change the impact date from February 26, 1995, to March 6, 1995,
the date the Winona Knitting Mills began their production operations in
Berwick, Pennsylvania.
The intent of the Department's certification is to cover only those
workers of Winona Knitting Mills adversely affected by increased
imports from Mexico and Canada.
The amended notice applicable to NAFTA-00838 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Winona Knitting Mills, Berwick Knitwear, Berwick,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 6, 1995, are eligible to apply for
NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC this 30th day of July 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-20600 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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