[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55427-55428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28242]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA-01405]


McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, California; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On May 22, 1997, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination 
Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers and former 
workers of the subject firm. The petitioner, United Automobile, 
Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 148, 
presented evidence that the Department's investigation was incomplete. 
The notice was published in the Federal Register on June 10, 1997 (62 
FR 31629).
    The petitioner asserts that McDonnell Douglas used contract workers 
from Mexico and Canada to produce certain components of both commercial 
and military aircraft, which adversely affected employment for at least 
two bargaining unit classifications.
    The Department initially denied NAFTA-TAA to the McDonnell Douglas

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worker group because criterion (1) of the group eligibility 
requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of Section 250 of the Trade Act of 
1974, as amended, was not met. The level of employment at the subject 
firm increased during the time period relevant to the investigation.
    Findings on reconsideration show that since the NAFTA petition was 
filed on behalf of workers producing commercial aircraft, the 
Department's investigation was not limited to individual worker groups 
within the Long Beach production facility, but instead, covered all 
workers at McDonnell Douglas producing commercial aircraft.
    Other findings on reconsideration reveal that criteria (3) and (4) 
of the group eligibility requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of Section 
250 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were not met for the 
McDonnell Douglas workers. There were no company or customer imports of 
commercial aircraft, nor was there a shift in the production of 
commercial aircraft from Long Beach to Mexico or Canada.
Conclusion
    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibilily to apply for adjustment assistance and 
NAFTA-TAA for workers and former workers of McDonnell Douglas, Long 
Beach, California.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of October 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-28242 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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