[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23705]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,276 and NAFTA-01510]
Square D Company Groupe Schneider Milwaukee, WI; Notice of
Revised Determination on Reconsideration
On May 13, 1997, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination
Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers and former
workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on May 29, 1997 (62 FR 29157).
The workers at Square D Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin produced
low and medium voltage transformers. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line. The worker petition for TAA was denied
because the ``contributed importantly'' test of the Group Eligibility
Requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was
not met. A survey of the customers of Square D Company revealed that
none of the respondents increased import purchases of low and medium
voltage transformers while decreasing their purchases from the subject
firm. The worker petition for NAFTA-TAA was denied on the basis that
there was no shift in production to Mexico or Canada, nor were there
company or customer imports of low or medium voltage transformers from
Mexico or Canada.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local
2336, alleges that Square D Company/Groupe Schneider continues to shift
production of low voltage transformers from Milwaukee to Mexico.
New findings on reconsideration show that there were increasing
company imports of low voltage transformers from Mexico during the
relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on
reconsideration, it is concluded that the workers of Square D Company/
Group Schneider, Milwaukee, Wisconsin were adversely affected by
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with
transformers produced at the subject firm.
All workers of Square D Company/Groupe Schneider, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, engaged in employment related to the production of low or
medium voltage transformers, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 18, 1996 are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974;'' and ``All workers of Square D Company/Groupe
Schneider, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, engaged in employment related to
the production of low or medium voltage transformers, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after February
18, 1996, are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA Section 250 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 20th day of August 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-23705 Filed 9-5-97; 8:45 am]
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