[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 12105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7121]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-31,359 Milwaukie, Oregon and TA-W-31,359A Portland, Oregon]


Pendleton Woolen Mills, Inc.; Amended Certification Regarding 
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on September 13, 1995, 
applicable to workers at Pendleton Woolen Mills, Inc., Milwaukie, 
Oregon, engaged in employment related to the production of women's 
blouses. The certification was amended on October 25, 1995 to expand 
coverage to all workers of the subject firm. The amended notice was 
published in the Federal Register on November 7, 1995 (60 FR 56174).
    At the request of the union, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. New findings show that 
worker separations have occurred at the subject firm's production 
facility in Portland, Oregon. The workers produce a variety of men's 
and women's apparel, including ladies' blazers and men's jackets. The 
articles manufactured by the subject firm have been impacted 
importantly by the high import penetration ratio of these articles in 
the domestic market place.
    The ratio of U.S. imports to domestic shipments of women's, girl's, 
men's and boys' coats and jackets was over 200 percent in 1993, 1994 
and 1995.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Pendleton Woolen Mills adversely affected by imports of 
apparel. Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
cover the workers of the subject firm in Portland, Oregon.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-31,359 is hereby issued as 
follows:
    ``All workers of Pendleton Woolen Mills, Inc., Milwaukie, Oregon 
(TA-W-31,359) and Portland, Oregon (TA-W-31,359A) who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after August 9, 1994 are 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 13th day of March 1996.
Russel T. Kile,
Acting Program manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-7121 Filed 3-22-96; 8:45 am]
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