[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8081]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-31,865]


Monticello Mfg., Inc./Oxford Slacks, Monticello, Georgia; 
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 
(Pub. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for 
worker adjustment assistance.
    In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a 
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance each of 
the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Act must be 
met. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have 
been met.
    The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received 
on February 5, 1996, and filed on behalf of workers at Monticello Mfg., 
Inc./Oxford Slacks, Monticello, Georgia. The workers produce men's and 
ladies' slacks and shorts.
    Sales and production declined in 1995 compared with 1994.
    The firm is closing the Monticello plant and transferring 
production of slacks abroad. Company imports of slacks from the foreign 
facilities have increased in 1995 and will replace production at the 
subject plant.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
conclude that increase of imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with men's and ladies' slacks produced at Monticello Mfg., 
Inc./Oxford Slacks, Monticello, Georgia, contributed importantly to the 
decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation 
of workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, 
I make the following certification:

    ``All workers of Monticello Mfg., Inc./Oxford Slacks, 
Monticello, Georgia, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after January 8, 1995, through two years from the 
date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of February, 1996
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-8081 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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