[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 32379] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-15597] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Haggar Clothing Company, TA-W-33,153, a/k/a Brownsville Manufacturing Company, A/K/A McKinney Pant Manufacturing Company, Brownsville, Texas, et al.; 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 Notice of Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on February 21, 1997, applicable to workers of Haggar Clothing Company, also known as Brownsville Manufacturing Company, and also known as McKinney Pant Manufacturing Company located in Brownsville, Texas. The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 21, 1997 (62 FR 13710). At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. Findings on review show that worker separations have occurred at the subject firm's Edinburgh and Weslaco, Texas locations. The workers produce men's dress and casual pants. The company reports that worker separations have also occurred at the subject firm's Weslaco Cutting Center in Weslaco, Texas. Workers of the Haggar Clothing Company production facilities in Edinburg and Weslaco, Texas were covered under previous TAA certifications, TA-W-30,850A and TA-W-30,850B, respectively. These certifications expired on May 11, 1997. Workers at the subject firm's Weslaco Cutting Center in Weslaco were not covered under TA-W-30,850B. The intent of the Department's certification is to include all workers of Haggar Clothing Company who were affected by increased imports. Accordingly, the Department is amending the worker certification to include the workers of Haggar Clothing Company in Edinburgh and Weslaco, Texas, and include workers at the Weslaco Cutting Center in Weslaco, Texas. The amended notice applicable to TA-W-33,153 is hereby issued as follows: ``All workers of Haggar Clothing Company, also known as Brownsville Manufacturing, also known as McKinney Pant Manufacturing Company, Brownsville, Texas (TA-W-33,153) and Haggar Clothing Company, Weslaco Cutting Center, Weslaco, Texas (TA-W-33,153C) who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 13, 1996, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974;'' and ``I further determine that all workers of Haggar Clothing Company, Edinburg Manufacturing Company, also known as Waxahachie Garment Company, Edinburg, Texas (NAFTA-01471A) and Haggar Clothing Company, Weslaco Manufacturing Company, also known as Bowie Manufacturing Company, Weslaco, Texas (NAFTA-01471B), who become totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 7, 1997, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.'' Signed at Washington, D.C. this 29th day of May 1997. Russell T. Kile, Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 97-15597 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-M