[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12292]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-31,627 and 627A]


Willits Footwear Worldwide, Newville Division, Newville, 
Pennsylvania and Halifax, Pennsylvania; Amended 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) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on January 18, 1996, applicable 
to all workers of Willits Footwear Worldwide, Newville Division, 
Newville, Pennsylvania. The notice was published in the Federal 
Register on February 6, 1996 (61 FR 4486).
    At the request of petitioners, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information provided 
by the company shows that worker separations have occurred at the 
subject firms, Halifax, Pennsylvania location. The workers are engaged 
in the production of shoes and provide administrative and support 
services for Willits Footwear Worldwide manufacturing facilities.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by increased 
imports of shoes. Accordingly, the Department is amending the 
certification to cover the workers of Willits Footwear Worldwide, 
Halifax, Pennsylvania.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-31,627 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Willits Footwear Worldwide, Newville Division, 
Newville, Pennsylvania (TA-W-31,627), and Halifax, Pennsylvania (TA-
W-31,627A) engaged in employment related to the production of shoes 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after November 1, 1994 are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of May 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-12292 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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