[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9500-9501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5548]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[NAFTA-00701]


Matsushita Electric Corporation of America Matsushita Logistics 
Company; Fort Worth, Texas, Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    On January 22, 1996, the Department issued a negative determination 
for workers of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Matsushita 
Logistics Company, Ft. Worth, Texas, to apply for NAFTA-Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA). The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on February 6, 1996 (FR 61 FR 4487).
    By letter of February 6, 1996, the petitioners requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's findings.
    Findings on reconsideration show that the employees of the subject 
firm perform sales and warehousing services of electronic products for 
the parent company, Matsushita Electric Corporation of America. 
Investigations show sales and employment at the Fort Worth location 
declined during the time period of the investigation. Workers at the 
Fort Worth location may be certified only if their separation was 
caused importantly by a reduced demand for their services from a parent 
firm, a firm otherwise related to the subject firm by ownership, or a 
firm related by control. A NAFTA certification was issued for a 
producing facility of the parent company that imports electronic 
products from Mexico.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of 

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articles like or directly competitive with electronic products 
contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production and to 
the total or partial separation of workers at Matsushita Electric 
Corporation of America, Matsushita Logistics Company, Fort Worth, 
Texas. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    ``All workers of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, 
Matsushita Logistics Company, Fort Worth, Texas who became totally 
or partially separated from employment on or after November 21, 1994 
are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade 
Act of 1974.''

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of February 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-5548 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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