[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23705]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,276 and NAFTA-01510]


Square D Company Groupe Schneider Milwaukee, WI; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On May 13, 1997, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination 
Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers and former 
workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the Federal 
Register on May 29, 1997 (62 FR 29157).
    The workers at Square D Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin produced 
low and medium voltage transformers. The workers are not separately 
identifiable by product line. The worker petition for TAA was denied 
because the ``contributed importantly'' test of the Group Eligibility 
Requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was 
not met. A survey of the customers of Square D Company revealed that 
none of the respondents increased import purchases of low and medium 
voltage transformers while decreasing their purchases from the subject 
firm. The worker petition for NAFTA-TAA was denied on the basis that 
there was no shift in production to Mexico or Canada, nor were there 
company or customer imports of low or medium voltage transformers from 
Mexico or Canada.
    The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local 
2336, alleges that Square D Company/Groupe Schneider continues to shift 
production of low voltage transformers from Milwaukee to Mexico.
    New findings on reconsideration show that there were increasing 
company imports of low voltage transformers from Mexico during the 
relevant time period.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that the workers of Square D Company/
Group Schneider, Milwaukee, Wisconsin were adversely affected by 
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with 
transformers produced at the subject firm.

    All workers of Square D Company/Groupe Schneider, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, engaged in employment related to the production of low or 
medium voltage transformers, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after February 18, 1996 are eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade 
Act of 1974;'' and ``All workers of Square D Company/Groupe 
Schneider, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, engaged in employment related to 
the production of low or medium voltage transformers, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 
18, 1996, are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA Section 250 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 20th day of August 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-23705 Filed 9-5-97; 8:45 am]
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